---
id: CVE-2023-2005
title: >-
  Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security
  Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ;
  Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin
  Feed ID #20230…
summary: >-
  Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security
  Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ;
  Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin
  Feed ID #20230…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-427
vendor: tenable
product: nessus
affected:
  - nessus
  - security_center
  - tenable.io
published: '2023-06-26'
updated: '2026-08-17'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2005'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21'
    label: vulnreport@tenable.com
  - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00378
epssPercentile: 0.31695
ingestedAt: '2026-08-17T14:55:59.024Z'
---

## Overview

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 .

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.




## Affected

- `nessus`
- `security_center`
- `tenable.io`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.