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CVE-2026-119317: Tenable Plugin Feed · Incorrect Authorization

Affects Tenable Plugin FeedSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 21:45 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (tenable)CVSS 3.16.5
CNA (tenable)CVSS 4.06.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Tenable, Inc.Plugin FeedAffected
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Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, restrict Nessus user privileges to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity involving custom compliance audits.

Description

CVE-2026-119317 is an authorization vulnerability in Tenable, Inc.'s Plugin Feed component used by Nessus on Linux. An authenticated Nessus user with low privileges but scan-creation rights can exploit this flaw to read arbitrary text files on the scanner host with the privileges of the nessusd process.

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