High severity · published Jan 13, 2026
CVE-2025-36640
Local Privilege Escalation
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NA
Nessus Agent · Tenable
before 10.9.3; 11.0.0 before 11.0.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-36640
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-36640
www.tenable.com
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-01
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