Privilege Escalation in Nessus Agent Tray App Windows install/uninstall
CVE-2025-36640 Published on January 13, 2026
Local Privilege Escalation
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-36640 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-36640
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Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus Agent:- Before 10.9.3 is affected.
- Version 11.0.0 and below 11.0.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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