CVE-2026-15265

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH 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 — 5 sources updated this week
9.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 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(high)
EPSS
28.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

References (1)

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 22× in last 7d / 22× 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.

  1. 2026-07-16 00:12 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-16 00:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-15 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-15 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-15 15:57 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-15 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-15 11:50 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-15 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-15 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-15 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-15 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-15 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-14 23:24 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-14 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-14 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-14 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-14 17:20 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 9.4
  19. 2026-07-14 15:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 9.3
  20. 2026-07-14 15:20 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 9.4
  21. 2026-07-14 15:06 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-14 15:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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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 July 15, 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 28.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
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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