What is CVE-2025-24914?

CVE-2025-24914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-24914?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2025-24914

When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the direct…

EPSS: 0.001 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2025-05

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24914?: CVE-2025-24914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-24914?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.