CVE-2021-20106

highpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.29% (70th) EPSS
CVSS 8.5 · high
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–8.5

v2.08.5highAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 10
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.6 · impact 5.9
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-07-21modified 2026-06-17
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references (7)

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