CVE-2026-15265

CRITICAL

Tenable Agent Path Traversal Leading to Remote Code Execution

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
TNS-2026-18
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-18

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0046
EPSS Percentile 37.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-347
Status published
Products (2)
tenable/tenable_agent < 11.1.3
tenable/tenable_agent 11.2.0
Published Jul 14, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 14, 2026