On Linux, an authenticated, low-privileged Nessus user with scan-creation rights could read arbitrary text files on the scanner host with the privileges of the nessusd process by running a custom Unix compliance audit against the scanner itself.

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Tenable has released updates to Plugins to resolve the issue. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in Feed Serial Numbers equal to or greater than #202610282338.


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Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-862

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Description On Linux, an authenticated, low-privileged Nessus user with scan-creation rights could read arbitrary text files on the scanner host with the privileges of the nessusd process by running a custom Unix compliance audit against the scanner itself.
Title Incorrect Authorization
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T21:13:04.494Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T20:01:40.019Z

Link: CVE-2026-119317

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T22:17:01.670

Modified: 2026-10-29T22:17:01.670

Link: CVE-2026-119317

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T22:30:13Z

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