Tenable Nessus Software Requirements

Tenable Nessus supports Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems.

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

Tenable Nessus 10.6

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Debian 10 and 11 (i386) Debian 10 and 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 34, 35 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9 (x86_64, AArch64) FreeBSD 12 (AMD64) SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64) Ubuntu 14.04, 6.04, and 17.10 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Debian 10 and 11 (i386)

Debian 10 and 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Fedora 34, 35 (x86_64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

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

Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9 (x86_64, AArch64)

FreeBSD 12 (AMD64)

SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04, 6.04, and 17.10 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, and 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.5

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Debian 10 and 11 (i386) Debian 10 and 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 34, 35 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9 (x86_64, AArch64) FreeBSD 12 (AMD64) SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64)

Debian 10 and 11 (i386)

Debian 10 and 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Fedora 34, 35 (x86_64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

Red Hat ES 6 (x86_64)

Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 8 (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) / Rocky Linux 9 / Alma Linux 9 (x86_64, AArch64)

FreeBSD 12 (AMD64)

SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.4

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 9, 10 (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2019, 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 35 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) FreeBSD 12 (AMD64) SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 11 and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Debian 9, 10 (i386)

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2019, 2020 (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Fedora 35 (x86_64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

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

Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64)

Red Hat ES 9 / Oracle Linux 9 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64)

FreeBSD 12 (AMD64)

SUSE Enterprise 12 and 15 SP1 and later (x86_64)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 11 and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.3

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3, 2018, 2019, 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 34 and 35 (x86_64) FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, i386) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) SUSE Enterprise 11, 12, and 15 (x86_64) SUSE Enterprise 11 (i586) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3 (i386)

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2017.3, 2018, 2019, 2020 (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Fedora 34 and 35 (x86_64)

FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

Red Hat ES 6 / CentOS 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, i386)

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

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

SUSE Enterprise 11, 12, and 15 (x86_64)

SUSE Enterprise 11 (i586)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.2

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 33, 34, and 35 (x86_64) FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586) SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2) Ubuntu 18.0 (ARMv7, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386)

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Fedora 33, 34, and 35 (x86_64)

FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386)

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

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

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586)

SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2)

Ubuntu 18.0 (ARMv7, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.1

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586) SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2) Ubuntu 18.0 (ARMv7, Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386)

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64)

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386)

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

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

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586)

SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2)

Ubuntu 18.0 (ARMv7, Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, 11, Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 10.9-10.15, 11, and 12 (x86_64, M1)

Tenable Nessus 10.0

Operating System	Supported Versions
Linux	Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386) Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / CentOS 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64) FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64) SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586) SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586) Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2)
Windows	Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019 (x86_64)
macOS	macOS 10.9-10.15, 11 (x86_64, M1)

Operating System

Supported Versions

Linux

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017 and Rolling (i386)

Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and Rolling (AMD64)

Note: Tenable recommends using the debian10_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases.

Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF)

Red Hat ES 6 / Oracle Linux 6 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (i386)

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

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

Red Hat ES 8 / CentOS 8 / Oracle Linux 8 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64)

FreeBSD 11, 12 (AMD64)

SUSE Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP3 and later (x86_64, i586)

SUSE Enterprise 15 (i586)

Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 (i386)

Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (AMD64)

Ubuntu 18.04 (Graviton2)

Windows

Windows 10 (i386)

Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, Server 2016, Server 2019 (x86_64)

macOS

macOS 10.9-10.15, 11 (x86_64, M1)

Browsers

Nessus supports the following browsers:

Google Chrome (76+)
Apple Safari (10+)
Mozilla Firefox (50+)
Microsoft Edge (102+)

PDF Reports

The Nessus PDF report generation feature requires the latest version of Oracle Java or OpenJDK.

If your organization requires PDF reports, you must install Oracle Java or OpenJDK before installing Tenable Nessus. If you install Oracle Java or OpenJDK after installing Nessus, you need to reinstall Nessus for the PDF report feature to function properly.