Tenable Nessus Software Requirements
Tenable Nessus supports Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems.

Operating System |
Supported Versions |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09, 2017.09, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) Debian 10 and 11 (i386) Debian 10 and 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian6_amd64.deb package for rolling Kali releases. Fedora 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 |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09, 2017.09, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) Debian 9, 10 (i386) Debian 9, 10 / Kali Linux 1, 2019, 2020 (AMD64) Note: Tenable recommends using the debian6_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, 12, and 13 (x86_64, M1) |

Operating System |
Supported Versions |
---|---|
Linux |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, Amazon Linux 2015.09, Amazon Linux 2017.09, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) 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 debian6_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 |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, Amazon Linux 2015.09, Amazon Linux 2017.09, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) 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 debian6_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 |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, Amazon Linux 2015.09, Amazon Linux 2017.09, Amazon Linux 2018.03, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) 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 debian6_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 |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, Amazon Linux 2015.09, Amazon Linux 2017.09, Amazon Linux 2018.03, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) 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 debian6_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 |
Amazon Linux 2015.03, Amazon Linux 2015.09, Amazon Linux 2017.09, and Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64) Amazon Linux 2 (AArch64, Graviton2) FreeBSD 11 and 12 (AMD64) 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 (i586) SUSE Enterprise 11, 12, and 15 (x86_64) Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 (AMD64, i386) |
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 and 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.