CVE-2025-24916 HIGH

CVE-2025-24916: Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge Escalation

Vendor Tenable
Product Network Monitor
Weakness CWE-284
Published May 23, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 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

May 23, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated