Registered · Cross-platform

8834 Nessus web

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Tenable Nessus scanner web UI.

When / why

Vulnerability scanner console.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 8834

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 8834

Allow TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="8834" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 8834 (Nessus web) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 8834 accept

Allow TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 8834 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-nessusweb-8834 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 8834

Inbound rule for 8834 (Nessus web). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=8834,ToPort=8834,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-nessusweb-8834 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:8834 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 8834 (Nessus web). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Nessus web 8834/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8834 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Nessus web 8834/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8834 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 8834 (Nessus web). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.