CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-20077.md

### [CVE-2021-20077](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20077)
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### Description

Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07

#### Github
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2021-20077