CVE-2023-5623

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.16% (5th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · vulnreport@tenable.comexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimaryCWE-276US

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Tenable Nessus Network Monitor0 → 6.3.0enisa_euvdEU
tenable nessus network monitor< 6.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_network_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2745Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus Network Monitor ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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