CVE-2025-36640 Local Privilege Escalation
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Nessus Agent Tray App installation process on Windows allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-36640?
CVE-2025-36640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36640?
How do I fix CVE-2025-36640?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-36640 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36640 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jq82-2wxc-46mm.