Summary:
After reports of wmi_not_available.nbin firing during Remote Scans (despite only being applicable to Local Scans), changes have been made to prevent this firing and reduce noise in Scan Results.
Specifically, early exit conditions have been added to key WMI libraries that are triggered if no working WMI Credentials (Windows Credentials that can successfully connect to WMI) are found.

Change:
Plugin 24269 (wmi_available.nbin) has two new exit conditions:
If the Scan policy is configured to Start the Server Service, plugin 144455 (wmi_start_server_svc.nbin) will actually be run before wmi_available. It will attempt a WMI connection with each Windows Credential provided in the Scan. In the case that none of the Provided Credentials could successfully connect to WMI, wmi_start_server_svc.nbin will leave an artifact for wmi_available.nbin to exit early. It’s not necessarily that WMI is not available on the Host, just that the scan couldn’t get in with what was provided.
After the WMI Connection attempt, wmi_available.nbin will now check for a scan artifact that WMI Connection was attempted but no Credentials were found.

Plugin 135860 (wmi_not_available.nbin) checks a new scan artifact. If WMI wasn’t available for any reason outside of “No Viable Credentials found/worked”, the plugin continues as normal.
If the new scan artifact is not present, the plugin will not run.

Impact:
If no Windows Credentials provided in the Scan Policy work, or if none were provided at all, Plugin 135860 (wmi_not_available.nbin) will NOT fire during a scan.

Target Release Date:
October 8, 2025