Nessus Agent
19 CVEs tracked. None of them is in CISA KEV.
This hub aggregates every CVE we track for Nessus Agent, a product in the security products space. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.
Nessus Agent CVEs per month
| Month | CVEs |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 0 |
| 2024-11 | 0 |
| 2024-12 | 0 |
| 2025-01 | 0 |
| 2025-02 | 0 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 0 |
| 2025-05 | 0 |
| 2025-06 | 3 |
| 2025-07 | 0 |
| 2025-08 | 0 |
| 2025-09 | 0 |
| 2025-10 | 0 |
| 2025-11 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 0 |
| 2026-06 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 0 |
| 2026-09 | 0 |
Severity
How the 19 CVEs score on CVSS. Severity is not exploitation: KEV is counted above.
- Critical1
- High11
- Medium7
Latest CVEs
The 15 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting Nessus Agent.
- CVE-2026-15265Tenable Agent Path Traversal Leading to Remote Code Execution9.1
- CVE-2026-33694Junction File Manipulation7.8
- CVE-2026-2026Improper Access Control Allows Denial of Service6.1
- CVE-2025-36640Local Privilege Escalation8.8
- CVE-2025-36632Local Privilege Escalation7.8
- CVE-2025-36631Local Privilege Escalation8.4
- CVE-2025-36633Local Privilege Escalation8.8
- CVE-2025-24915When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local ...7.8
- CVE-2024-3292Race Condition8.2
- CVE-2024-3291Privilege Escalation7.8
- CVE-2024-2390Local Privilege Escalation 7.8
- CVE-2023-6178 An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remo...6.8
- CVE-2023-5847 Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.6.7
- CVE-2021-20118Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agen...6.7
- CVE-2021-20117Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agen...6.7
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