Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwritten arbitrarily, potentially creating a denial of service condition.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
8.1 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)