CVE-2026-33694 PUBLISHED

Junction File Manipulation

Assigner: tenable
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 23.04.2026 Updated: 24.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
CVSS Score: 7.4

Product Status

Vendor Tenable, Inc.
Product Tenable Nessus, Tenable Nessus Agent
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from Nessus Agent to 11.1.2 (incl.)
  • affected from Nessus to 10.11.3 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-59 Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') CWE