Nessus

Nessus is a vulnerability scanner used to identify security weaknesses in computer systems and networks. Security professionals and IT auditors use it to assess and improve an organization's security posture. It helps find vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them.

Official docs: https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/nessus

Nessus Overview

• Scan
  • Scan Configuration
• Agent
• Scanner
• Plugin

Use action names and parameters as needed.

Working with Nessus

This skill uses the Membrane CLI to interact with Nessus. Membrane handles authentication and credentials refresh automatically — so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing.