Tenable Nessus Software Requirements
Note: Tenable Nessus only supports the following listed services and operating systems.
Tenable Nessus supports the following Linux, Windows, and macOS operating systems:
Tenable Nessus 10.8
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Operating System |
Supported Versions |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration. Amazon Linux 2023 CentOS Stream 9 (x86_64) Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Fedora 38 and 39 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 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) SUSE 12 SP5, SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64) Ubuntu 14.04, 6.04, and 17.10 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2) |
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Windows |
Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012 and 2012 R2 , Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64) |
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macOS |
macOS 12, 13, 14, and 15 (x86_64, Apple Silicon) |
Tenable Nessus 10.7
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Operating System |
Supported Versions |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration. Amazon Linux 2023 CentOS Stream 9 (x86_64) Debian 11 and 12 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Fedora 38 and 39 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) 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, AArch64) Red Hat ES 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 12 SP5, SUSE Enterprise 15 SP2 and later (x86_64) Ubuntu 14.04, 6.04, and 17.10 (i386) Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (AMD64) Ubuntu 18.04 (AArch64, Graviton2) |
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Windows |
Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012 and 2012 R2 , Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64) |
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macOS |
macOS 12, 13, and 14 (x86_64, Apple Silicon) |
Tenable Nessus 10.6
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Operating System |
Supported Versions |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration. Debian 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) 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 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 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 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) |
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Windows |
Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012 and 2012 R2 , Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64) |
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macOS |
macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, Apple Silicon) |
Tenable Nessus 10.5
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Operating System |
Supported Versions |
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Linux |
Amazon Linux 2 (x86_64, AArch64) Note: Tenable does not currently support AWS Fargate integration. Debian 11 / Kali Linux 2020 (AMD64) Fedora 34, 35 (x86_64) Raspberry Pi OS (ARMHF) Red Hat ES 6 (x86_64) Red Hat ES 7 / Oracle Linux 7 (including Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel) (x86_64, AArch64) Red Hat ES 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 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) |
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Windows |
Windows 10 (i386) Windows 10, 11, Server 2012 and 2012 R2 , Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022 (x86_64) |
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macOS |
macOS 11, 12, and 13 (x86_64, Apple Silicon) |
Tip: For information about Tenable Core + Nessus, see System Requirements in the Tenable Core User Guide.
Supported Browsers
Tenable Nessus supports the following browsers:
- Google Chrome (76+)
- Apple Safari (10+)
- Mozilla Firefox (50+)
- Microsoft Edge (102+)
PDF Reports
The Tenable 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 Tenable Nessus, you need to reinstall Tenable Nessus for the PDF report feature to function properly.
SELinux Requirements
Tenable Nessus supports disabled, permissive, and enforcing mode Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) policy configurations.
- Disabled and permissive mode policies typically do not require customization to interact with Tenable Nessus.
- Enforcing mode policies require customization to interact with Tenable Nessus. For more information, see Customize SELinux Enforcing Mode Policies.
Note: Tenable recommends testing your SELinux configurations before deploying on a live network.