{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36640 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-36640 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36640 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Tenable Nessus Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36640/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-36640","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36640/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-36640","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jq82-2wxc-46mm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nessus Agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Nessus Agent Tray App installation process on Windows allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-36640","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"SimpleHelp Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere","id":"CVE-2025-36727"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2025-36636"},"products":["Nessus Agent"],"published":"2026-01-13","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Tenable"]},"summary":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Nessus Agent Tray App installation process on Windows allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-36640/"}