CVE-2026-33694
This vulnerability allows an attacker to create a junction, enabling the deletion of arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges. As a result, this condition potentially facilitates arbitrary code execution, whereby an attacker may exploit the vulnerability to execute malicious code with elevated SYSTEM privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.2% (9th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2026-25265)
- Published
- April 23, 2026
- NVD last modified
- August 21, 2026
- Status
- Analyzed
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2026-25265 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 24, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tenable / nessus
- tenable / nessus agent
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Tenable Nessus Agent 11.0 - Tenable, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11578-2025 - active
- Nessus 10.5.3 - Tenable, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11368-2023 - archived
- Nessus Agent 10.4.1 - Tenable, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11367-2023 - archived
- Nessus Agent 8.0.0 - Tenable, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11066-2020 - archived
- Nessus Manager 8.11.1 - Tenable, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11067-2020 - archived
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- https://tenable.com/security/tns-2026-12(Vendor Advisory)
- https://tenable.com/security/tns-2026-13(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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