Vulnerability · Published Jun 16, 2025 · Assigned by tenable

CVE-2025-36632Local Privilege Escalation

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect default permissions in Agent from Tenable. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could execute code with SYSTEM privilege.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Tenable Agent 0 – before 10.8.5

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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