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Description

A vulnerability has been identified where weak file permissions in the Nessus Agent directory on Windows hosts could allow unauthorized access, potentially permitting Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-05 | Published 2026-02-13 | Updated 2026-02-13 | Assigner tenable




MEDIUM: 5.4CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

MEDIUM: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Problem types

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Product status

Default status
affected

11.1.0 (semver) before 11.1.2
affected

Any version before 11.0.4
affected

Credits

Lockheed Martin Red Team finder

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-05

cve.org (CVE-2026-2026)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-2026)

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