CVE-2023-5622 Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2023-5622?

CVE-2023-5622 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Network Monitor, published on 26 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tenable Nessus Network Monitor.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-5622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus Network Monitor

• CVE-2024-9158 XSS High 8.4
• CVE-2025-24917 Improper Access Control leads to Local Privilege Escalation High 7.8
• CVE-2020-5794 Path traversal in Nessus Network Monitor High 7.8
• CVE-2023-5624 Blind SQL Injection High 7.2
• CVE-2025-24916 Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge Escalation High 7.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2wg8-2hgh-5f85.