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Critical 9.1Published Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-15265A path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Agent 11.2.0 and 11.1.3 and lower allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended plugin directory, potentially leading to remote…
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A path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Agent 11.2.0 and 11.1.3 and lower allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended plugin directory, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22, CWE-347
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
tenable nessus_agent tenable:nessus_agent | before 11.1.4; 11.2.0 | NVD |
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-18third-party-advisory
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