CVE-2026-15265

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: High
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

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.

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
tenable nessus_agent < 11.1.4
tenable nessus_agent 11.2.0

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.4 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.56%
Raw Score 0.005570
Percentile 46.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00557
2026-10-28
0.00557

Intelligence Sources

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