CVE-2025-24915 HIGH

CVE-2025-24915

Vendor Tenable
Product Nessus Agent
Weakness CWE-276
Published March 21, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When 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 privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 21, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated