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CVE-2026-15265: nessus agent 11.2.0; +1 more affected products
CVE-2026-15265. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.1 (CRITICAL, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00557 (percentile 0.45739), scored 24-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
nessus agent · before 11.1.4 (exclusive)
tenable
nessus agent · 11.2.0
tenable
tenable_agent · 11.2.0, 0 through 11.1.3
tenable
Description’s affected range: 11.2.0 and 11.1.3 and lower
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · High privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A privileged attacker can write arbitrary files outside the intended plugin directory, potentially leading to remote code execution. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 9.4/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-22, CWE-347
- CCR priority
- 36.5 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00557 · percentile 0.45739 · 2026-10-24
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 01:28:19.133527+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-15265.html