Technical Note: Scanner integration stops working with Tenable version 7
Description
Vulnerability scanner integration with Tenable stopped working after upgrading Tenable to version 7 or higher. Tenable has removed the development API used to integrate products with Nessus directly.
Symptoms include:
- Polling and connection test failures in the System > Settings > System Communication > Vulnerability Scanners view
- Vulnerability Scanner Connection Failure events
Solution
Customers need to contact Tenable to discuss options of upgrading their solution to the Tenable enterprise solution Tenable.io to re-enable the API leveraged in the Nessus Scanner integration.
7.0 Release Notes that announced the API change to Nessus Pro:
Tenable Community post on why the API was removed from Nessus Pro:
https://community.tenable.com/s/question/0D5f200004tDygMCAS/why-is-api-support-being-removed-from-nessus-professional