Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privileged account
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DeliveryReach ticketing REST API
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ExploitInject SQL via API parameter
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ExecutionBypass input validation (CWE-20)
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PersistExecute query against appliance database
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ImpactExfiltrate sensitive stored data
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must possess a valid authenticated Security Center account of at least non-admin privilege (CVSS PR:L) and network reachability to the appliance's ticketing REST API; the concrete prerequisite is an authenticated session able to reach the ticketing API on a Security Center instance running a version earlier than 6.8.0. What LIMITS exploitation: it is not pre-authentication, so an anonymous internet attacker cannot exploit it without first obtaining credentials; no admin rights are needed and no user interaction is required (UI:N), so any low-privileged account suffices. There is no indication a non-default configuration or specific platform is required beyond having the ticketing feature reachable. |
| Impact | The vendor CVSS 4.0 base score is 9.4 (critical) with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N and high impact across VC/VI/VA plus subsequent-system metrics. The network vector, low attack complexity, and no-user-interaction requirement make exploitation straightforward for anyone who already holds a low-privileged account (PR:L, i.e. authenticated). The mitigating factor is precisely that PR:L: this is not a pre-authentication internet-facing bug, so an attacker needs a valid non-admin login, which meaningfully narrows the realistic threat to insiders, credential-thieves, or environments with broadly issued accounts. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC was provided, so exploitation-probability signals are absent; treat the 9.4 as a capability ceiling rather than evidence of imminent mass exploitation. The vendor's own VI:H/VA:H rating implies write/availability impact broader than the description's read-only 'access sensitive data' wording - this is a discrepancy worth verifying against advisory TNS-2026-19 before assuming full integrity/availability compromise. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user holding an ordinary non-admin Security Center login (for example a scan operator or a compromised analyst account) sends crafted parameters to the ticketing REST API, causing injected SQL to execute against the appliance database. The attacker retrieves sensitive stored data such as vulnerability findings, asset inventories, or configuration held in the database, all from a legitimate authenticated session. No public POC is identified at time of analysis, and the low attack complexity means a knowledgeable insider needs no special timing or configuration. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Jul 21, 2026
SQL injection in the ticketing REST API of Tenable Security Center (versions before 6.8.0) allows an authenticated non-admin user to read sensitive information from the underlying appliance database. Because any low-privileged authenticated account can trigger it over the network, the flaw effectively collapses the product's internal privilege boundaries and exposes vulnerability, asset, and configuration data held by the appliance. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the vendor (Tenable) has released a fixed version.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
SQL injection in the ticketing REST API of Tenable Security Center (Tenable.sc) allows an authenticated non-admin user to read sensitive data from the appliance's backend database. Because any low-privileged account can trigger the flaw remotely over the network with no user interaction, a rogue or compromised operator can pivot from limited access to broad disclosure of scan results and other stored security data. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the CVSS 9.6 rating and network-facing authenticated vector make it a high-priority patch for organizations running the affected appliance.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Tenable Security Center to version 6.8.0 or later, which is the first release not marked affected by EUVD-2026-46358; consult the vendor advisory at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-19 (Tenable TNS-2026-19) for the exact upgrade package and instructions. Until the upgrade is applied, reduce exposure by tightening account provisioning - remove or disable unnecessary non-admin accounts and enforce strong authentication so the PR:L precondition is harder to satisfy - and restrict network reachability of the Security Center console/API to trusted management networks or a bastion, accepting that this limits legitimate remote analyst access. Where feasible, monitor the ticketing API endpoints for anomalous query patterns or database errors; note that access restrictions do not remove the flaw for authorized internal users, so patching remains the only complete fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) is an on-premises vulnerability-management console that aggregates scan data, assets, and workflow tickets, backed by a relational database on the appliance. The affected component is the ticketing REST API, which accepts user-supplied parameters that are incorporated into database queries. The root-cause class is CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation): input from the API request is not adequately validated or parameterized before reaching the SQL layer, permitting query manipulation. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:tenable,_inc.:security_center:*, and the injection point lives inside an authenticated API surface rather than a pre-auth endpoint.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Network-reachable API with low complexity but requires an authenticated non-admin account (PR:L); description emphasizes data access so C:H, with limited plausible write impact (I:L) and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).
CVSS VectorVendor: tenable
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
An authenticated non-admin user can exploit a SQL injection flaw in the ticketing REST API to access sensitive data stored in the appliance database.
Executive ViewAI
Tenable Security Center versions before 6.8.0 contain a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the ticketing API that allows authenticated standard users to extract sensitive security data-including vulnerability assessments, asset configurations, and security policies-defeating the product's internal access controls. Organizations using affected versions face potential exposure of their complete security intelligence posture to any employee with system access.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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