CVE-2026-15265 (GCVE-0-2026-15265)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-14 15:02
Modified
2026-07-14 15:27
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:U/RC:C
9.4 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tenable tenable_agent Version: 11.2.0
Version: 0   ≤ 11.1.3
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