CVE-2025-36631 — Improper Privilege Management in Agent

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Tenable AgentTenable Nessus Agent
Timeline
PublishedJun 13

Description

In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5tenable/agent< 10.8.5
▶NVDtenable/nessus_agent< 10.8.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
Local Privilege Escalation↗2025-06-13
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GHSA
GHSA-858m-8rff-64hq: In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10↗2025-06-13
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