CVE-2017-11506

When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.

• CWE-295

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11Vendor Advisory

Published

Aug 9, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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