[Vulnerability Alert] Critical Security Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent (CVE-2025-36633)

publish date : 2025-06-23 update date : 2025-06-23

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2025062001063131 Publication Time 2025/06/20 13:04
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2025/06/20 13:04
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
[Vulnerability Alert] Critical Security Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent (CVE-2025-36633)
[Content]
Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202506-00000015

Tenable provides the widely deployed vulnerability scanning tool Nessus, along with the world’s first exposure management platform for securing digital assets across any environment. Recently, Tenable disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-36633, CVSS: 8.8). In affected versions of Nessus Agent on Windows systems prior to version 10.8.5, non-administrator users may be able to delete arbitrary system files using SYSTEM-level privileges, leading to local privilege escalation.

Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform]
Tenable Agent versions earlier than 10.8.5
[Recommended Actions]
Please update to Tenable Agent version 10.8.5
[Reference]
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-10191-409d1-1.html
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