Open Ports and the Assets workbench

Tip: For more information about open ports and the Tenable Vulnerability Management API, see the API changelog in the Tenable Developer Portal. For more information, contact Tenable Customer Support.

Tenable Vulnerability Management displays open port findings on the Asset Details page, which appears when you click a host asset on the Assets workbench and then click See All Details. On the Asset Details page, the Open Ports tab shows open ports on an asset and includes the port protocol, when the port was first and last detected open, and the service running on the port.

Working with Ports

Use the following features to search for, manage, and export your port data:

  • Ports — On the Assets workbench, search for ports on your host assets (or your domain inventory if you have imported data from Tenable Attack Surface Management.

  • Port tag rule — On the Assets workbench, add tags to your ports.

  • Port export field — With a custom field, export port data from the Assets workbench.

Supported Plugins

The Open Ports tab shows output from the following high-traffic plugins:

    • 34220 - Netstat Portscanner (WMI)

    • 34252 - Microsoft Windows Remote Listeners Enumeration (WMI)

    • 11219 - Nessus SYN Scanner

    • 14272 - Netstat Portscanner (SSH)

    • 25221 - Remote listeners enumeration (Linux / AIX)

    • 10736 - DCE Services Enumeration

    • 99265 - macOS Remote Listeners Enumeration

    • 10335 - Nessus TCP scanner

    • 14274 - Nessus SNMP Scanner

    • 34277 - Nessus UDP Scanner