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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.0 Medium

CVE-2026-119317

Incorrect Authorization

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Tenable, Inc. Plugin Feed

Default version status: affected

  • 0 to < 202610282338affected

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