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CVE-2017-8050

Tenable Appliance 4.4.0, and possibly prior, contains a flaw in the Web UI that allows for the...

7.5 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.87%Up 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-8050
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-8050
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17014 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-17014
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36pf-cqvc-w9hx 7.5

Tenable Appliance 4.4.0, and possibly prior, contains a flaw in the Web UI that allows for the...

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.

Record
GHSA-36pf-cqvc-w9hx
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-8050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Tenable Appliance, published April 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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