Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent (July 15, 2026)

unknownCVE-2026-15265

A vulnerability has been discovered in Tenable Nessus Agent. It allows an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution and a security policy bypass.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Tenable product: Nessus Agent Remote code execution Authentication bypass

What: A vulnerability allows an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution and a security policy bypass.
Who is affected: Deployments of Tenable Nessus Agent are affected.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to the potential for remote code execution.
Action: Patch to the latest version of Tenable Nessus Agent.

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Details

Source: CERT-FR Avis de sécurité (FR · national-cert · site)
Severity: unknown
Published: 2026-07-15
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-0886/

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-152650.46% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-15265	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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Recent advisories for Tenable Nessus Agent

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