Tenable Nessus Agent flaw enables RCE
A vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent allows remote code execution and security policy bypass; patches are available.
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The French national cybersecurity agency (ANSSI/CERT-FR) issued an advisory regarding a vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely and bypass security policy controls. The affected versions include Nessus Agent 11.2.x prior to 11.2.1 and versions prior to 11.1.4.
Tenable has released a security bulletin (tns-2026-18) addressing the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-15265. Organizations using affected versions of Nessus Agent should apply the vendor-provided patches as soon as possible. No indication of active exploitation is mentioned in the advisory.
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Source reporting: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-0886
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