TI-2025-24919 Aliases CVE-2025-36630 GHSA-397r-qwwj-cvqv

Local privilege escalation in Tenable Nessus

LOW 36CWE-269Published 2025-07-01 · Updated 2025-07-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

In Tenable Nessus versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00187 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Nessus (Tenable): 10.8.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Tenable	Nessus	before 10.8.5	10.8.5	Patch available	CNA

Nessus VendorTenable Affected before 10.8.5 Fixed in 10.8.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus::::::::	before 10.8.5	Vulnerable	Tenable
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.8.5 Vulnerable ·Tenable
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in 10.8.5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-36630
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-397r-qwwj-cvqv

References

Advisory 1

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-13

TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-20962 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-21076 In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2021-02414 CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
TI-2022-07855 Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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