Permissions

Tenable Vulnerability Management uses the following permissions types:

Scan Permissions

NameValueDescription
No Access0Users assigned this permission for a scan cannot view, control, or configure the scan. As a result, the scan does not appear for the user in the Vulnerability Management user interface, and the user cannot access the scan using the scans API.
Can View16Users and groups assigned this permission can view the results of the scan, export scan results, and move the scan to the trash folder. As a result, the scan appears for the user in the Vulnerability Management user interface, and the user can access the scan using the scans API. Users assigned this permission cannot view the scan configuration or permanently delete the scan.
Can Execute32In addition to the tasks allowed by the Can View permission, users and groups assigned the Can Execute permission can launch, pause, and stop a scan. Users assigned this permission cannot view the scan configuration or permanently delete the scan.
Can Edit64In addition to the tasks allowed by the Can Execute permission, users and groups assigned the Can Edit permission can view the scan configuration, modify any setting for the scan except scan ownership, and permanently delete the scan.
Owner128The user assigned this permission owns the scan. The owner can modify any setting for the scan, including scan ownership.

Scan Template (Policy) Permissions

NameValueDescription
No Access0Users assigned this permission cannot view or use the scan template (policy). As a result, this scan template does not appear for the user in the Vulnerability Management user interface, and the user cannot access the scan template using the policies API.
Can View16Users and groups assigned this permission can view the scan template and use it to create scans.
Can Execute32In addition to the tasks allowed by the Can View permission, users assigned the Can Execute permission can modify any setting for the scan template except permissions.
Can Edit64In addition to the tasks allowed by the Can Execute permission, users assigned the Can Edit permission can modify any setting for the scan template except scan template ownership.
Owner128The user assigned this permission owns the scan template. The owner can modify any setting for the scan template, including scan template ownership.

Credential Permissions

NameValueDescription
Can Use32Users assigned this permission can use the managed credential in a scan, but cannot edit managed credential configuration.
Can Edit64In addition to Can Use privileges, users assigned this permission can view and edit settings for the managed credential and can delete the managed credential.

Scanner Permissions

NameValueDescription
No Access0Users assigned this permission cannot use the scanner. As a result, this scanner does not appear for the user in the Vulnerability Management user interface, and the user cannot access the scanner using the scanners API.
Can Use16Users assigned this permission can use the scanner.
Can Manage64Users assigned this permission can manage the scanner.

Agent Permissions

NameValueDescription
No Access0Users assigned this permission cannot use the agent group in agent scans. As a result, this agent group does not appear for the user in the Vulnerability Management user interface, and the user cannot access the agent group using the agent-groups API.
Can Use16Users assigned this permission can use the agent group in agent scans.