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CVE-2026-119317: Incorrect Authorization
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-29 · updated 2026-10-30
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
On Linux, an authenticated, low-privileged Nessus user with scan-creation rights could read arbitrary text files on the scanner host with the privileges of the nessusd process by running a custom Unix compliance audit against the scanner itself.
Affected products
- Tenable Plugin Feed: before 202610282338 — fixed in 202610282338
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Plugin Feed 202610282338. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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