Tenable Nessus Troubleshooting Plugins

The following plugins can be used when troubleshooting issues with Tenable Nessus.

Tip: Click on a plugin number to view a full description on the Tenable Plugins site.

Plugin Type Plugin ID Definition
Successful Login (Windows) 10394 Microsoft Windows SMB Log In Possible
10400 Microsoft Windows SMB Registry Remotely Accessible
20811 Microsoft Windows Installed Software Enumeration (credentialed check)
24269 WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) Available
Successful Login (Linux) 12634 Authenticated Check: OS Name and Installed Package Enumeration
22869 Software Enumeration (SSH)
27576 Firewall Detection
110095 Target Credential Issues by Authentication Protocol - No Issues Found
Successful Login (Windows or Linux) 141118 Target Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - Valid Credentials Provided
122502 Integration Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - Valid Credentials Provided
110095 Target Credential Issues by Authentication Protocol - No Issues Found
Login Failure (Windows or Linux) 110723 Target Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - No Credentials Provided
104410 Target Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - Failure for Provided Credentials
110385 Target Credential Issues by Authentication Protocol - Insufficient Privilege
117885 Target Credential Issues by Authentication Protocol - Intermittent Authentication Failure
122503 Integration Credential Status by Authentication Protocol - Failure for Provided Credentials
21745 Authentication Failure - Local Checks Not Run
24786 Nessus Windows Scan Not Performed with Admin Privileges
10428 Microsoft Windows SMB Registry Not Fully Accessible Detection
26917 Microsoft Windows SMB Registry: Nessus Cannot Access the Windows Registry
91822 Database Authentication Failure(s) for Provided Credentials
11149 HTTP login page
21745

OS Security Patch Assessment Failed

Note: This indicates Tenable Nessus is unable to connect to the system, usually for one of the following reasons:

  • Nessus is unable to connect due to network issues

  • A network or host-based firewall is blocking the connection attempts

  • Due to network latency, a timeout is reached before the connection occurs

  • The user that started the scan does not have permission to scan the given host and/or port. Nessus users have no restrictions by default, so this only happens if an administrator puts a restriction on a user.

  • Nessus has too many open sockets during a scan. If this happens the nessusd.dump or nessusd.messages indicate the error.
Nessus Scan Information (All Scans) 19506

Nessus Scan Information

  • Tenable Security Center Filter: Vulnerability Text Contains “Credentialed checks : yes”

  • Tenable Vulnerability Management Filter: Plugin Output Contains “Credentialed checks : yes”
112154

Nessus Launched Plugin List

Note: To use this plugin, you must enable the debug setting. For more information, see Advanced Settings in the Tenable Nessus User Guide.
Other 10919 Open Port Re-Check
35453 Microsoft Windows Update Reboot Required
35703 SMB Registry: Start the Registry Service During the Scan
35704 SMB Registry: Stop the Registry Service After the Scan
35705 SMB Registry: Starting the Registry Service during the Scan Failed
35706

SMB Registry : Stopping the Registry Service after the Scan Failed
84239 Debugging Log Report