CVE-2019-3974: Tenable Nessus

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwritten arbitrarily, potentially creating a denial of service condition.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: up to and including 8.5.2

Published 2019-08-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.