CVE-2026-15265

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Agent 11.2.0 and 11.1.3 and lower allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended plugin directory, potentially leading to remote code execution.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
44%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

[R1] Tenable Agent Versions 11.2.1 and 11.1.4 Fix a Path Traversal Vulnerability - Security Advisory | Tenable®

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-18

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15265(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 34× in last 7d / 209× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 282 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-30 05:24 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-08-27 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  12. 2026-08-26 23:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-26 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-08-25 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-25 13:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-25 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-24 19:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-24 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-24 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-21 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  42. 2026-08-18 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-18 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-18 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-08-17 17:12 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-17 17:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-17 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-08-16 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15265?
CVE-2026-15265 is a critical vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. A path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Agent 11.2.0 and 11.1.3 and lower allows a privileged attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended plugin directory, potentially leading to remote code execution.
When was CVE-2026-15265 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15265 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15265 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15265 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 56.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15265?
CVE-2026-15265 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15265?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15265, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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