Local Privilege Escalation_CVE-2025-36640

7.3 / 10

HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-36640

Source tenable

Published Jan 13, 2026 at 15:05

Modified Jan 13, 2026 at 15:10

Affected Product

Vendor Tenable

Product Nessus Agent

Affected Versions Tenable Nessus Agent 0
Tenable Nessus Agent 11.0.0

CWE Classification

CWE-269

References

www.tenable.com /security/tns-2026-01

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