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Tenable Security Center EUVDEUVD-2026-58727

| CVE-2026-19626 CRITICAL
Eval Injection (CWE-95)
2026-08-14 vulnreport@tenable.com GHSA-g9q7-qqmw-jvx6
9.4
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: tenable
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privilege SC account
  2. Delivery
    Craft report input with injected code directive
  3. Exploit
    Submit and trigger report generation
  4. Execution
    Server evaluates payload during rendering
  5. Persist
    Execute arbitrary code as service account
  6. Impact
    Access scan data and pivot into estate

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Eval input sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with access to the report-generation feature of Tenable Security Center (CVSS PR:L confirms a low-privilege but non-anonymous account is needed; administrative rights are explicitly NOT required). The attacker must be able to reach the SC web/report interface over the network (AV:N) and supply input that is later processed during server-side report rendering - the report-rendering/evaluation path is the exact feature that must be reachable. Limiting factors: a valid low-privilege login is mandatory, so anonymous internet scanning cannot trigger it directly; exposure therefore scales with how many report-capable accounts exist and whether the console is network-restricted. No end-user interaction is required (UI:N), and no non-default configuration is called out in the description.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.4 (Critical) is driven by a network vector with low attack complexity, high impact to confidentiality, integrity and availability of both the vulnerable system and subsequent systems, and - importantly - a privilege requirement of PR:L rather than PR:N, meaning some valid low-privilege account is a hard prerequisite. This is a genuine priority rather than an inflated high-CVSS-but-low-real-risk finding: the target is a security appliance whose service account typically has broad reach, code execution needs no user interaction, and any authenticated report-capable user suffices, so any organization running SC with multiple analyst accounts should treat this as urgent. That said, the practical exposure depends on how tightly SC access is controlled - an internet-exposed or loosely-provisioned instance is far more at risk than one restricted to a small vetted operations team. No EPSS score and no KEV/POC signals were supplied, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the input; the absence of these should not be read as low likelihood given the trivial complexity once an account is held.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An analyst-level user who already holds valid Security Center credentials (for example a contractor or a compromised low-privilege account) crafts a malicious report input containing an injected code directive, then triggers report generation; the server evaluates the payload during rendering and executes attacker-controlled commands as the SC service account. From there the attacker can read stored scan results and credentials and pivot into the managed environment. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, and no user interaction beyond the attacker's own session is required.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity + public POC available.
2 public PoCs Patch available 0.8% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026

Remote code execution in Tenable Security Center's report-generation subsystem allows an authenticated, non-administrative user to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the service account by submitting crafted input that is unsafely evaluated during server-side report rendering. Because Security Center is itself a centralized vulnerability-management platform holding scan data and credentials for an entire estate, compromise of the service account is high-impact. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Patch available per vendor advisory: apply the fixed Tenable Security Center release identified in tns-2026-22 (https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-22); the input data does not include an exact fix version, so confirm the target build directly from the advisory before scheduling the upgrade. Until patched, reduce exposure by restricting network access to the SC web interface to a trusted management network or VPN, minimizing the number of low-privilege accounts that can create or generate reports (revoke report privileges from non-essential users), and monitoring report-generation activity and service-account process spawning for anomalies - noting that tightening report access may disrupt analyst self-service reporting workflows. Do not expose the SC console to the public internet.

Affected VersionsENISA

Security Center 0 <6.9.0

Affected Packages

euvd security_center fix: 6.9.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) is an on-premises vulnerability-management console that aggregates Nessus scan data and produces reports through a server-side rendering engine. The root cause is classified as CWE-95 (Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code, i.e. 'Eval Injection'): attacker-influenced input reaches a dynamic code-evaluation context (such as a template or expression evaluator invoked while building a report), so supplied data is executed as code rather than treated as inert content. No CPE strings were provided in the input, so exact affected build identifiers cannot be enumerated from machine-readable data and must be taken from the vendor advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (tenable) PRIMARY 9.4 CRITICAL
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
vuln.today AI 9.9 CRITICAL

Network-reachable report feature exploitable by any low-privilege account (PR:L) with no user interaction; eval injection yields full code execution and the service account's broader reach justifies S:C with C/I/A:H.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).

CVSS VectorVendor: tenable

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
High
Subsequent system: Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 14, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 14, 2026 - 17:17 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.4

DescriptionCVE.org

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Tenable Security Center's report generation functionality. An authenticated, non-administrative user could exploit this issue by supplying specially crafted input that is later processed unsafely during server-side report rendering, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the service account.

Latest POC

2 public PoC links from github, metasploit

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Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Tenable Security Center contains a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-19626, CVSS 9.4) in its report-generation system that allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with service-account privileges. Since Security Center is the centralized repository for vulnerability scan data and credentials across the enterprise, successful exploitation grants attackers complete visibility and lateral movement capability across the entire security infrastructure with no patch currently available.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: implement strict network access controls limiting console and report-generation API access to trusted administrative networks only; deploy continuous monitoring of service account activities with alerting on anomalous behavior; restrict report-generation permissions to essential users and enforce multi-factor authentication for administrative access; maintain offline backups of critical scan results and credential inventories; and establish escalation procedures for immediate isolation of Security Center if compromise is suspected.

Threat Model

4 threats: Elevation of Privilege, Information Disclosure, Tampering and 1 more

5-step attack chain with trust boundaries and controls

Full threat model - attack chain, trust boundaries, controls per stage and evidence - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise vulnerability-management appliance, common in security teams but not universal
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.8%
Patch available Yes
Active threat Yes
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity + public POC available
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

83
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +47
PoC: +20
Weaponized: +15
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Code Injection CRITICAL

Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

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