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Tenable Security Center EUVDEUVD-2026-58729

| CVE-2026-19628 HIGH
OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
2026-08-14 vulnreport@tenable.com GHSA-gh84-92j4-rf23
8.6
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
    Obtain administrator credentials
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to Security Center admin console
  3. Exploit
    Inject OS commands into application configuration field
  4. Execution
    Trigger or await backend operation that consumes configuration
  5. Impact
    Execute arbitrary commands on underlying OS

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques 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 a valid administrator-level account on Tenable Security Center - confirmed by the CVSS 4.0 PR:H metric. The attacker must have write access to application configuration values, which is a capability restricted to administrator roles. Exploitation is additionally conditioned on a specific backend operation being triggered after the configuration modification; the injection payload does not execute at write time, meaning exploitation is either time-delayed (waiting for a scheduled operation) or requires the attacker to initiate a triggering action. What limits exploitation: unauthenticated attackers cannot exploit this vulnerability; lower-privileged authenticated users without configuration write access cannot exploit it; and exploitation requires either patience for a scheduled trigger or the ability to manually initiate the relevant backend operation. These conditions mean the realistic attacker population is confined to malicious insiders with admin rights, actors who have successfully compromised administrator credentials, or attackers who have previously escalated privileges to the administrator role through a separate vulnerability.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.6 reflects full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable system (VC:H/VI:H/VA:H), but the PR:H metric is the critical risk-moderating factor - exploitation is not available to unauthenticated or low-privilege actors. No EPSS data was supplied, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified statistically; the absence of a KEV listing and public POC further suggests this is not currently subject to opportunistic mass exploitation. That said, even a mid-sized municipal IT team in tczew should treat this as urgent given the strategic value of a Security Center instance: it typically holds authenticated scan credentials, full network topology data, and vulnerability inventories for an entire enterprise - a compromised instance is a highly privileged lateral movement platform, not merely an isolated asset. The SC:N/SI:N/SA:N subsequent-system impact metrics in CVSS 4.0 may technically understate this cascading risk. No CVSS 3.1 vector was provided; the independently assessed 3.1 vector (see assessed_cvss_vector) yields a base score of approximately 7.2, consistent with the 4.0 rating after privilege weighting. No conflicting signals between the CVSS vector and description were identified - the network attack vector is consistent with web-based admin console access.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has acquired administrator credentials to Tenable Security Center - through spear-phishing, credential reuse, or post-breach lateral movement - logs into the administrative console and modifies a configuration field to include injected shell commands. When a scheduled backend operation such as a scan job launch or service reload subsequently reads and processes that configuration value, the injected commands execute on the underlying operating system under the Security Center application's runtime privilege level, potentially yielding persistent shell access to the host.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 2.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026

Command injection in Tenable Security Center enables an authenticated administrator to achieve arbitrary OS command execution by embedding shell metacharacters in application configuration values, which are later executed unsanitized when specific backend operations are triggered. The CWE-78 root cause and the PR:H CVSS 4.0 metric confirm exploitation is gated behind administrator-level access, restricting the realistic attacker population to insiders, compromised admin credentials, or post-escalation actors. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis, though Tenable self-reported this via vulnreport@tenable.com and published advisory TNS-2026-22.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to apply the update documented in Tenable advisory TNS-2026-22, available at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-22. No specific fixed version number was included in the available intelligence data, so the advisory must be consulted directly for the exact patched release - do not infer or assume a version. As compensating controls prior to patching: restrict administrative access to the Security Center management interface to a minimal set of named accounts with documented business justification; enforce multi-factor authentication on all administrator logins to reduce credential-compromise risk; apply firewall rules to limit Security Center management interface exposure to dedicated privileged-access workstations rather than broad network segments; and enable audit logging of all configuration changes within Security Center so that unauthorized modifications to application configuration values can be detected and alerted on. Note that log monitoring alone does not prevent exploitation - it only reduces dwell time.

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 is an on-premises enterprise vulnerability management platform that aggregates scan data, manages scan policies, and holds privileged credentials for assessed assets. CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command) describes the root cause: the application accepts administrator-supplied configuration values and later interpolates them into OS-level command invocations - via shell calls, exec wrappers, or scripting interfaces - without adequate sanitization or allowlisting. Exploitation is deferred: the injected payload does not execute at configuration-write time but when a specific backend operation (e.g., scan job dispatch, service reload, or scheduled task) subsequently consumes the tainted value. The CVSS 4.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N places this in the network-reachable, low-complexity, high-privilege category, meaning the injection mechanism is accessible over the network but only through authenticated administrative interfaces.

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Severity by source

Vendor (tenable) PRIMARY 8.6 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 7.2 HIGH

Network-reachable admin console access (AV:N/AC:L), but full administrator credentials required (PR:H); impact confined to the vulnerable system with no scope change (S:U).

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

Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).

CVSS VectorVendor: tenable

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 14, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 14, 2026 - 17:17 cve.org
HIGH 8.6

DescriptionCVE.org

A command injection vulnerability exists in Tenable Security Center. An authenticated administrator could modify application configuration values to achieve arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system when specific backend operations are triggered.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Tenable Security Center contains a command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-19628, CVSS 8.6) allowing authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands through configuration values. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. Organizations must treat any administrator credential compromise as a path to complete appliance compromise and potential infrastructure-wide impact.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Implement: restrict Tenable SC administrative access to trusted personnel only, require multi-factor authentication for all administrator accounts, deploy network segmentation to prevent lateral movement from compromised admin credentials, maintain detailed audit logs of administrative activity with alerting for anomalous commands or configuration changes, and implement privileged access management (PAM) to gate and monitor all administrative actions on the appliance.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
on-premises enterprise vulnerability management platform, not universally deployed
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 2.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
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
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

45
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +2
CVSS: +43
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.

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