CVE-2026-15265 | A path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Agent 11.2.0 and 1… | CVSS 9.1 CRITICAL

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-15265
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: tenable
Reserved: 2026-07-09 14:11 UTC
Published: 2026-07-14 15:02 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-14 15:27 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory …
Vendor / Product: tenable / tenable_agent
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.1 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
tenable	tenable_agent	Linux,Windows,macOS	11.2.0, 0 ≤ 11.1.3

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-22	cna	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-347	cna	Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.3	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	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
9.1	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	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

References (1)

TNS-2026-18 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-18