Tenable Nessus Agent Software Requirements

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent only supports the following listed services and operating systems.

Tenable Nessus Agent supports the following Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems:

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Amazon Linux 2023 / Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration.

CentOS Stream 9 (x86_64)

Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 40 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (x86_64, AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

TencentOS (x86_64)

Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 13, 14, and 15 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Amazon Linux 2023 / Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration.

CentOS Stream 9 (x86_64)

Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 38 and 39 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (AArch64, Graviton2)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

TencentOS (x86_64)

Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 12, 13, 14, and 15 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Amazon Linux 2023 / Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration.

CentOS Stream 9 (x86_64)

Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 38 and 39 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (AArch64, Graviton2)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

TencentOS (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 12, 13, and 14 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Amazon Linux 2023 / Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration.

Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 38 and 39 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (AArch64, Graviton2)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 12, 13, and 14 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration.

Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 34, 35, and 36 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (AArch64, Graviton2)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 and 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 and 9 (AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 11, 12, 13, and 14 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Operating System

Supported Versions
Linux

Kali Linux 2019, 2020 (i386)

Debian 11 / Kali Linux 2019, 2020 (x86_64)

Fedora 35 and 36 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 (AArch64, Graviton2)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8.6 and 9 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8.6 and 9 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 8 and 9 / AlmaLinux 8.6 and 9 / Rocky Linux 8.6 and 9 (AArch64, Graviton2)

SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows

Windows 10 (x86)

Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64)

Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022 (x86_64)

Note: Tenable Nessus Agent requires Windows host systems to be running the latest version of Universal Microsoft C Runtime Library (UCRT) and PowerShell 5.0 or newer. Some older versions of Microsoft Windows require a minimum update to work with Tenable Nessus Agent.

macOS

macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, Apple Silicon)

Note:Tenable Nessus Agent does not require an external runtime environment, such as Java.

Note: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 14.22 is included as part of a bundled license package with Nessus Agents.