CVE-2017-8050
Tenable Appliance 4.4.0, and possibly prior, contains a flaw in the Web UI that allows for the unauthorized manipulation of the admin password.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Tenable Appliance 4.4.0, and possibly prior, contains a flaw in the Web UI that allows for the unauthorized manipulation of the admin password.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.87% probability · 59th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- tenable/appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153134Permissions Required
- http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153134Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.