CVE-2025-36640 (GCVE-0-2025-36640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 15:05 – Updated: 2026-01-13 15:32
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Title
Local Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.3 (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
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tenable Nessus Agent Affected: 0 , < 10.9.3 (semver)
Affected: 11.0.0 , < 11.0.2 (semver)
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