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CVE-2025-24916

HIGH CVSS: 7.0 Published: 2025-05-23 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation location.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsTenable Nessus Network Monitor

Weakness Type

CWE-284, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References