Findings Filters

On the Findings page, you can filter and view analytics for the following findings types:

You can save a set of commonly used filters as a saved filter to access later or share with other members of your team.

Note: To optimize performance, Tenable limits the number of filters that you can apply to any Explore > Findings or Assets views (including Group By tables) to 18.

Note: When Tenable Vulnerability Management identifies the same finding on multiple scans, it only stores the most recent result. For example, if an Agent scan identifies a finding and then a later Tenable Nessus scan identifies the same finding, that finding is associated with the Tenable Nessus scan. If you can't locate a known finding with a filter such as Source, search for the finding directly.

Vulnerabilities Filters

Option	Description
Asset ID	The UUID of the asset where a scan detected the finding. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Asset Name	The name of the asset where a scan detected the vulnerability. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management. This filter is case-sensitive, but you can use the wildcard character to turn this off.
Asset Tags	Asset tags, entered in pairs of category and value (for example Network: Headquarters). This includes the space after the colon (:). If there is a comma in the tag name, insert a backslash (\) before the comma. If your tag name includes double quotation marks (" "), use the UUID instead. You can add a maximum of 100 tags. For more information, see Tags.
Bugtraq ID	The Bugtraq ID for the plugin that identified the vulnerability.
Canvas Exploit	The name of the CANVAS exploit pack that includes the vulnerability.
CERT Advisory ID	The ID of the CERT advisory related to the vulnerability.
CERT Vulnerability ID	The ID of the vulnerability in the CERT Vulnerability Notes Database.
CISA KEV Due Date	The date on which Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploitable Vulnerability (KEV) remediation is due, as per Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Searches by the earliest due date for KEVs associated with the plugin. For more information, see the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
Common Name	A vulnerability's common name, for example Log4Shell. Not all vulnerabilities have a common name.
CORE Exploit Framework	Indicates whether an exploit for the vulnerability exists in the CORE Impact framework.
CPE	The Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) numbers for vulnerabilities that the plugin identifies. (200 value limit)
CVE	The Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) IDs for the vulnerabilities identified by the plugin and corresponding to a specific finding. (200 value limit)
CVE Category	The category of a vulnerability, as described in Vulnerability Categories.
CVE ID	The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID, for example CVE-2002-2024.
CVSSv2 Base Score	A numeric value between 0.0 and 10.0 that represents the intrinsic characteristics of a vulnerability independent of any specific environment.
CVSSv2 Temporal Score	The CVSSv2 temporal score (characteristics of a vulnerability that change over time but not among user environments).
CVSSv2 Temporal Vector	CVSSv2 temporal metrics for the vulnerability.
CVSSv2 Vector	The raw CVSSv2 metrics for the vulnerability. For more information, see the CVSSv2 documentation on the FIRST website.
CVSSv3 Attack Complexity	The attack complexity, which defines how difficult it is to use a vulnerability in an attack. Choose from High or Low.
CVSSv3 Attack Vector	The attack vector, which defines an attack's location. Choose from Adjacent, Network, Local, or Physical.
CVSSv3 Availability	The affected asset's availability. Choose from High, Low, or None. For example, High means an asset is completely unavailable.
CVSSv3 Base Score	The CVSSv3 base score (intrinsic and fundamental characteristics of a vulnerability that are constant over time and user environments).
CVSSv3 Confidentiality	The expected impact of the affected asset's information confidentiality loss. Choose from High, Low, or None. For example, an affected asset with High confidentiality may have a catastrophic adverse effect on your organization or customers.
CVSSv3 Integrity	The expected impact of the affected asset's data integrity loss. Choose from High, Low, or None.
CVSSv3 Privileges Required	The permission level attackers require to exploit the vulnerability. Choose from High, Low, or None. None means attackers need no permissions in your environment and can exploit the vulnerability while unauthorized.
CVSSv3 Scope	If a vulnerability allows attackers to compromise resources beyond an affected asset's normal authorization privileges. Choose from Unchanged or Changed. Changed means the vulnerability increases the affected asset's privileges.
CVSSv3 Temporal Score	The CVSSv3 temporal score (characteristics of a vulnerability that change over time but not among user environments).
CVSSv3 Temporal Vector	CVSSv3 temporal metrics for the vulnerability.
CVSSv3 User Interaction	If a vulnerability requires other users (such as end users) for attackers to be able to use it. Choose from Required or None. None is more severe since it means no additional user interaction is required.
CVSSv3 Vector	More CVSSv3 metrics for the vulnerability.
First Discovered	The date the vulnerability corresponding to a finding was first identified.
First Functional Exploit	The date a vulnerability was first known to be exploited.
First Proof of Concept	The date a vulnerability's first proof of concept was found.
First Seen	The date when a scan first found the vulnerability on an asset.
IAVA ID	The ID of the information assurance vulnerability alert (IAVA) for the vulnerability.
IAVB ID	The ID of the information assurance vulnerability bulletin (IAVB) for the vulnerability.
IAVM Severity	The severity of the vulnerability in Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM).
IAVT ID	The ID of the information assurance vulnerability technical bulletin (IAVT) for the vulnerability.
In The News	Indicates whether this plugin has received media attention (for example, ShellShock, Meltdown).
IPv4 Address	The IPv4 address for the affected asset. You can add up to 256 IP addresses to this filter.
IPv6 Address	The IPv6 address for the affected asset.
Last Fixed	The last time a previously detected vulnerability was scanned and noted as no longer present on an asset.
Last Seen	The date when a scan last found the vulnerability on an asset.
Malware	Indicates whether the plugin that identified the vulnerability checks for malware.
Metasploit Exploit	The name of the related exploit in the Metasploit framework.
Microsoft Bulletin	The Microsoft security bulletin that the plugin, which identified the vulnerability, covers.
Original Severity	The vulnerability's CVSS-based severity when a scan first detected the finding. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR.
OSVDB ID	The ID of the vulnerability in the Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB).
Patch Published	The date on which the vendor published a patch for the vulnerability.
Plugin Description	The description of the Tenable plugin that identified the vulnerability.
Plugin Family	The family of the plugin that identified the vulnerability. (200 value limit)
Plugin ID	The ID of the plugin that identified the vulnerability. (200 value limit)
Plugin Modification Date	The date at which the plugin that identified the vulnerability was last modified.
Plugin Name	The name of the plugin that identified the vulnerability.
Plugin Output	Use this filter to return findings with plugin output you specify. Search for plugin output that contains a value or does not contain it, as described in Use Filters. If your search is too broad, the system suggests adding Plugin ID and Last Seen to refine the results and then displays the top ten plugins from that search. For example, to search for output that contains “Kernel,” in Advanced mode, type: Plugin Output contains Kernel Note: Manually enable this filter in Settings > General Search > Enable Plugin Output Search. If you do not use this filter for 35 days, it is disabled again. Plugin Output search best practices... Since plugin outputs can be large, broad searches may cause system timeouts! For the best results, combine the Plugin Output filter with the Plugin ID and Last Seen filters. Limit the number of plugin IDs you search at once. Specify plugin ID(s) to search for plugins or exclude them. These approaches apply to different use cases. For example, include plugins when searching for software listings by operating system. Exclude plugins from exploratory searches where the top plugins appear too frequently. Search for output from one plugin: Plugin Output contains Kernel AND Plugin ID is equal to 110483 Search for output from multiple plugins: Plugin Output contains Chrome AND Plugin ID is equal to 45590, 10456 Search for output from any plugin but the ones listed: Plugin Output contains Chrome AND Plugin ID is not equal to 45590, 10456
Plugin Published	The date on which the plugin that identified the vulnerability was published.
Plugin Type	The general type of plugin check. Possible options are: Local Remote Local & Remote
Plugins Available	If a vulnerability currently has a Tenable plugin that detects it. Choose from Yes or No.
Port	Information about the port the scanner used to connect to the asset where the scan detected the vulnerability. (200 value limit)
Protocol	The protocol the scanner used to communicate with the asset where the scan detected the vulnerability.
Resurfaced Date	The most recent date that a scan detected a Resurfaced vulnerability which was previously Fixed. If a vulnerability is Resurfaced multiple times, only the most recent date appears.
Risk Modified	The risk modification applied to the vulnerability's severity. Possible options are: Recasted Accepted None For more information, see Recast/Accept Rules.
Scan Origin	The scanner that detected the finding.
Secunia ID	The ID of the Secunia research advisory related to the vulnerability.
See Also	Links to external websites that contain helpful information about the vulnerability.
Severity	The vulnerability's CVSS-based severity. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR. This filter appears in the filters plane by default, with Critical, High, Medium, and Low selected.
Solution	A brief summary of how you can remediate the vulnerability.
Source	The source of the scan that identified the asset. Possible values include Agent for Tenable Nessus Agent, Nessus for Tenable Nessus, PVS/NNM for Tenable Nessus Network Monitor, and WAS for Tenable Web App Scanning.
State	The state of the vulnerability detected in the finding. Appears in the filters plane by default, with Active, Resurfaced, and New selected. For more information, see Vulnerability States.
Stig Severity	The STIG severity associated with the finding.
Synopsis	A brief description of the plugin or vulnerability.
Target Groups	A target group or groups associated with the scan that identified the vulnerability. For more information, see Target Groups.
Time Taken to Fix	How long it took your organization to fix a vulnerability identified on a scan, in hours or days. Only appears for Fixed vulnerabilities. Use this filter along with the State filter set to Fixed for more accurate results. When exported, this field is shown in milliseconds.
Unsupported by Vendor	Software found by this plugin is unsupported by the software's vendor (for example, Windows 95 or Firefox 3).
VPR	The Vulnerability Priority Rating Tenable calculated for the vulnerability.
VPR Threat Intensity	A vulnerability's Tenable-calculated threat intensity based on the number and frequency of threat events. Choose from Very Low, Low, Medium, High, or Very High.
Vulnerability Published	The date when the vulnerability definition was first published (for example, the date that the CVE was published).
Weaponization	If a vulnerability is judged to be ready for use in a cyberattack. Choose from Advanced Persistent Threat, Botnet, Malware, Ransomware, or Rootkit.

Cloud

Cloud Misconfiguration Filters

Option	Description
Filters
Account ID	The unique identifier assigned to the asset resource in the cloud service that hosts the asset on which a scan detected the finding.
ARN	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the asset on which a scan detected the finding.
Asset ID	The UUID of the asset on which a scan detected the finding. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Benchmark	The benchmark associated with the finding.
Cluster	The cluster associated with the finding.
Created Time	The time and date when Tenable Vulnerability Management created the asset record on which a scan detected the finding.
Criticality	The criticality of the vulnerability finding.
Exists in Cloud	Indicates whether the affected cloud resource exists in a cloud environment.
Exists in IAC	Indicates whether the affected asset was created via Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Finding ID	The unique Tenable ID for the finding. To view the ID for a finding, click its details and check the page URL in your browser's address bar for an alphanumeric string between details and asset.
First Seen	The date when Tenable Vulnerability Management first scanned the affected asset.
Found in TF State	Indicates whether or not the finding was discovered in a TF state.
First Seen	The date when Tenable Vulnerability Management first scanned the affected asset.
IaC Resource Type	The Infrastructure as Code (IAC) resource type of the asset.
IaC Type	The Infrastructure as Code (IAC) type of the asset.
Ignored	Indicates whether Tenable Vulnerability Management ignored the policy violation when calculating the finding's severity.
Immutable Drift	Indicates whether the asset has immutable drifts.
Is Attribute	Specifies whether the asset is an attribute.
Last Fixed	The date when the finding was last fixed.
Last Scan Time	The date when a scan was last run against the finding.
Last Seen	The date when Tenable Vulnerability Management last scanned the affected asset.
Managed By	The name of the person, group, or company that manages the affected asset.
Policy Category	The policy category associated with the finding.
Policy ID	The unique ID for the cloud policy associated with the affected asset.
Policy Name	The unique ID for the cloud policy associated with the affected asset.
Policy Type	The unique ID for the cloud policy associated with the affected asset.
Project	The project associated with the finding.
Provider	The third-party provider associated with the finding.
Region	The cloud region where the affected asset runs.
Repositories	Any code repositories associated with the affected asset.
Resource Category	The category of the asset resource in the cloud service that hosts the affected asset.
Resource ID	The ID of the asset resource in the cloud service that hosts the affected asset.
Resource Name	The name of the asset resource in the cloud service that hosts the affected asset.
Resource Type	The type of the asset resource in the cloud service that hosts the affected asset.
Result	The outcome of the scan. Possible options are: Failed Passed Unknown
Rule ID	The unique ID for the security rule for which the scanner found a violation.
Rule Reference ID	The reference ID for the security rule for which the scanner found a violation.
Severity	The vulnerability's CVSS-based severity. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR. This filter appears in the filters plane by default, with Critical, High, Medium, and Low selected.
Source Line	The source line associated with the finding.
Updated Time	The time and date when the asset record was last updated.
Version	The version associated with the finding.
VPC	The unique identifier of the public cloud that hosts the AWS virtual machine instance. For more information, see the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Documentation.

Host Audit Filters

Option	Description
Filters
Asset ID	The UUID of the asset where a scan detected the finding. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Asset Name	The name of the asset on which the scanner performed an audit check. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Asset Tags	Asset tags, entered in pairs of category and value (for example Network: Headquarters). This includes the space after the colon (:). If there is a comma in the tag name, insert a backslash (\) before the comma. If your tag name includes double quotation marks (" "), use the UUID instead. You can add a maximum of 100 tags. For more information, see Tags.
Audit File	The name of Audit file the scanner used to perform the audit. Audit files are XML-based text files that contain the specific configuration, file permission, and access control tests to be performed.
Audit Check Name	The name Tenable assigned to the audit. In some cases, the compliance control may be listed as the prefix within the name.
Benchmark	Benchmarks are published best practices released from source authorities, such as Center for Internet Security (CIS), United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and Microsoft. This filter provides a list of the supported benchmarks and the version of the benchmark.
Benchmark Specification Name	The benchmark name.
Benchmark Version	The benchmark version. Note: Use this filter with the Benchmark filter.
Compliance Control	There are a series of designations within the compliance frameworks that Tenable calls controls. For example: CSF:DE.CM-3, 800-53:AU-12c, STIG-ID:WN10-AU-000045, and so on. This is a text-based field to filter on the specific control(s). Note: Use this filter in conjunction with the Compliance Framework filter.
Compliance Family Name	There are a series of designations within compliance frameworks that Tenable calls control. For example: ISO/IEC-27001:A.12.4.1, or CSF:DE.CM-1. This filter groups the controls into families for easier and more efficient queries. For example: A12 - Operations security or CSF:Detect. Note: Use this filter in conjunction with the Compliance Framework filter.
Compliance Framework	Tenable audits configuration compliance with a variety of standards including GDPR, ISO 27000, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, PCI DSS, and so on. This filter allows searching based on the respective framework.
Control ID	An ID that can correlate results with other results that meet a certain benchmark recommendation. You can use this filter to identify checks in the audit portal.
First Audited	Identifies the first date the audit check was performed on the asset.
FQDNs	The fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for the asset.
IPv4 Address	The IPv4 address for the affected asset. You can add up to 256 IP addresses to this filter.
IPv6 Address	The IPv6 address for the affected asset.
Last Audited	Identifies the date of the most recent audit check performed on the asset.
Last Fixed	The date when the finding was last fixed.
Last Seen	The date when a scan last observed the finding.
Original Result	The result from the initial audit.
Plugin ID	The Nessus Plugin ID used to perform the audit check.
Plugin Name	The name of the plugin that identified the audit finding.
Result	The current or modified result from the audit check.
Result Modified	Rules can be created to accept or modify the results of an audit check. This filter allows you to report modified results.

Web Application Vulnerabilities Filters

Option	Description
Asset ID	The UUID of the asset where a scan detected the vulnerability. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management.
Asset Name	The name of the asset where the scanner detected the vulnerability. This value is unique to Tenable Vulnerability Management. This filter appears on the filter plane by default.
Bugtraq ID	The Bugtraq ID for the plugin that identified the vulnerability.
CPE	The Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) numbers for vulnerabilities that the plugin identifies. (200 value limit)
CVE	The Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) IDs for the vulnerabilities identified by the plugin and corresponding to a specific finding. (200 value limit)
CVSSv2 Base Score	The CVSSv2 base score (intrinsic and fundamental characteristics of a vulnerability that are constant over time and user environments).
CVSSv2 Vector	The raw CVSSv2 metrics for the vulnerability. For more information, see the CVSSv2 documentation on the FIRST website.
CVSSv3 Base Score	The CVSSv3 base score (intrinsic and fundamental characteristics of a vulnerability that are constant over time and user environments).
CVSSv3 Vector	More CVSSv3 metrics for the vulnerability.
CWE	The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) for the vulnerability.
First Seen	The date when a scan first found the vulnerability on an asset.
Input Name	The name of the specific web application component that the vulnerability exploits.
Input Type	The web application component type (for example, form, cookie, header) that the vulnerability exploits.
IPv4 Address	The IPv4 address for the affected asset. You can add up to 256 IP addresses to this filter.
Last Fixed	The date when the finding was last fixed.
Last Seen	The date when a scan last observed the finding.
Original Severity	The vulnerability's CVSS-based severity when a scan first detected the finding. For more information, see CVSS vs. VPR.
OWASP 2010	The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 2010 category for the vulnerability targeted by the plugin.
OWASP 2013	The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 2013 category for the vulnerability targeted by the plugin.
OWASP 2017	The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 2017 category for the vulnerability targeted by the plugin.
OWASP 2021	The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 2021 category for the vulnerability targeted by the plugin.
OWASP API 2019	The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 2019 category for the API vulnerability targeted by the plugin. Possible options are: API1:2019 Broken Object Level Authorization API2:2019 Broken User Authentication API3:2019 Excessive Data Exposure API4:2019 Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting API5:2019 Broken Function Level Authorization API6:2019 Mass Assignment API7:2019 Security Misconfiguration API8:2019 Injection API9:2019 Improper Assets Management API10:2019 Insufficient Logging & Monitoring
Plugin Description	The description of the Tenable plugin that identified the vulnerability.
Plugin Family	The family of the plugin that identified the vulnerability. (200 value limit)
Plugin ID	The ID of the plugin that identified the vulnerability. (200 value limit)
Plugin Modification Date	The date on which the plugin was last modified.
Plugin Name	The name of the plugin that identified the audit finding.
Plugin Published	The date on which the plugin that identified the vulnerability was published.
Risk Modified	The risk modification applied to the vulnerability's severity. Possible options are: Recast Accepted None For more information, see Recast/Accept Rules.
See Also	Links to external websites that contain helpful information about the vulnerability.
Severity	The CVSS score-based severity. For more information, see CVSS Scores vs. VPR in the Tenable Vulnerability Management User Guide. This filter appears in the filters plane by default, with Critical, High, Medium, and Low selected.
Solution	A brief summary of how you can remediate the vulnerability.
State	The state of the vulnerability detected in the finding. Appears in the filters plane by default, with Active, Resurfaced, and New selected. For more information, see Vulnerability States.
Url	The complete URL on which the scanner detected the vulnerability. This filter appears in the filters plane by default.
WASC	The Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) category associated with the vulnerability targeted by the plugin.