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Cline Installed (macOS)

info Nessus Plugin ID 322798

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Synopsis

An AI coding assistant is installed on the remote macOS host.

Description

Cline, an AI coding assistant for the terminal by Cline Bot Inc., is installed on the remote macOS host.

When a per-user Cline MCP configuration file is present (~/.cline/mcp.json), this plugin reports the configured MCP servers.
Sensitive values are redacted.

Note that enabling the 'Perform thorough tests' setting will search the file system for the product.

See Also

https://cline.bot

https://github.com/cline/cline

https://www.npmjs.com/package/cline

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 322798

File Name: cline_macos_installed.nbin

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/25/2026

Updated: 7/13/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cline:cline

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version