Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
6.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)