Tenable Nessus 2026 Release Notes

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Plugin Releases

For information about recent changes to Tenable Nessus plugins, see the Plugin Release Notes.

Tenable Nessus 10.11.2 (2026-02-05)

The following are security updates included in Tenable Nessus 10.11.2:

Bug Fix Defect ID
Fixed an issue where Tenable Nessus could not open certain types of encrypted databases due to a library error. 02356543, 02365965, 02367799, 02367688, 02358879, 02362906, 02371766, 02376309, 02372025, 02374689, 02386800, 02383334, 02390124, 02391685, 02397672, 02396877, 02398929, 02395165, 02399281
Fixed a resource issue that caused Tenable Nessus scanners managing triggered agent scans to fail due to out-of-memory (OOM) conditions. 02323380, 02405184, 02373541
Fixed an issue where agents could fail to download plugins from Tenable Nessus Manager. 02411671, 02415046, 02414585, 02410119, 02412629

  • Tenable Vulnerability Management FedRAMP environments support Tenable Nessus scanners versions 10.4.0 and later.

  • If you are connecting to Tenable Vulnerability Management through Tenable Nessus scanners, Tenable Agents, Tenable Web App Scanning scanners, or Tenable Network Monitors (NNM) located in mainland China, you must connect through sensor.cloud.tenablecloud.cn instead of sensor.cloud.tenable.com.

  • You can upgrade to the latest version of Tenable Nessus from any previously supported version.
  • If your upgrade path skips versions of Tenable Nessus, Tenable recommends reviewing the release notes for all skipped versions to learn about new features and bug fixes.
  • If you want your scanners to update to the newest version before the GA date automatically, set your Tenable Nessus Update Plan to Opt in to Early Access releases.
  • If you want to update your scanners to the latest version before the GA date manually, disable automatic updates so the scanner does not automatically downgrade to the previous version.

Tenable Nessus 10.10.2 (2026-02-05)

The following are security updates included in Tenable Nessus 10.10.2:

Bug Fix Defect ID
Fixed an issue where Tenable Nessus could not open certain types of encrypted databases due to a library error. 02356543, 02365965, 02367799, 02367688, 02358879, 02362906, 02371766, 02376309, 02372025, 02374689, 02386800, 02383334, 02390124, 02391685, 02397672, 02396877, 02398929, 02395165, 02399281

  • Using the MSI installer to upgrade to a newer version of Tenable Nessus for Windows that contains older .dll files will result in an installation failure. Install the latest version of Tenable Nessus to resolve this.

  • Tenable Vulnerability Management FedRAMP environments support Tenable Nessus scanners versions 10.4.0 and later.

  • If you are connecting to Tenable Vulnerability Management through Tenable Nessus scanners, Tenable Agents, Tenable Web App Scanning scanners, or Tenable Network Monitors (NNM) located in mainland China, you must connect through sensor.cloud.tenablecloud.cn instead of sensor.cloud.tenable.com.

  • You can upgrade to the latest version of Tenable Nessus from any previously supported version.
  • If your upgrade path skips versions of Tenable Nessus, Tenable recommends reviewing the release notes for all skipped versions to learn about new features and bug fixes.
  • If you want your scanners to update to the newest version before the GA date automatically, set your Tenable Nessus Update Plan to Opt in to Early Access releases.
  • If you want to update your scanners to the latest version before the GA date manually, disable automatic updates so the scanner does not automatically downgrade to the previous version.