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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-15265

CVE-2026-15265

tenable tenable_agent — Tenable Agent Path Traversal Leading to Remote Code Execution

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.3
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.3 (CNA)9.3 / 10 × 3027.9Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 46.5.465 × 209.3No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
tenable_agent11.2.0–CNA
tenable_agent≤ 11.1.3–CNA

Scores by source

tenable (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
tenable (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

advisorytenable.com/security/tns-2026-18