A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.
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Fixes

Solution

Tenable has released Nessus Agent 11.0.3 and Nessus Agent 10.9.3 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents .


Workaround

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History

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.
Title Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-13T15:32:06.158Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T21:51:04.822Z

Link: CVE-2025-36640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-13T15:31:58.105Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-13T15:15:58.707

Modified: 2026-01-13T15:15:58.707

Link: CVE-2025-36640

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses