CVE-2025-36633

HIGH

Tenable Nessus Agent < 10.8.5 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-11

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 3.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Affected Products (1)

tenable/nessus_agent < 10.8.5

Timeline

Published Jun 13, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026