CVE-2025-36640

high

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. Tenable has released Nessus Agent 11.0.3 and Nessus Agent 10.9.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents.

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High