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Tenable Security Center EUVDEUVD-2026-58736

| CVE-2026-19636 MEDIUM
Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens (CWE-1270)
2026-08-14 tenable GHSA-pgh6-g8gg-ch94
6.0
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: tenable
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Recon
    Identify authenticated Security Center target
  2. Delivery
    Analyze weak CSRF token algorithm
  3. Exploit
    Pre-compute probable token values
  4. Install
    Craft malicious forged request page
  5. C2
    Deliver phishing link to authenticated administrator
  6. Execute
    Victim loads attacker page while logged in
  7. Impact
    Forged request executes privileged action

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Hardware debugging protection
Exploitation Conditions

The victim must be an authenticated Tenable Security Center user with an active session at the time of the attack - an unauthenticated user's browser cannot carry the session credentials needed for the forged request to succeed. The attacker must be able to predict or enumerate the CSRF token generated for that session, which requires knowledge of or access to the weak token generation algorithm and sufficient time to compute candidates before session expiration. User interaction is a hard requirement: the victim must be socially engineered into visiting an attacker-controlled page or clicking a crafted link while authenticated. No special server-side configuration or non-default deployment mode is cited as a prerequisite - the flaw appears present in standard deployments. Exploitation is limited by the high attack complexity (AC:H from CVSS), the requirement for victim interaction (UI:R), and the time-bounded nature of CSRF tokens.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) scores 5.3 Medium, accurately reflecting a real but conditional attack path: high complexity (AC:H) acknowledges that the attacker must successfully predict or enumerate the token before the victim session expires, which is non-trivial even with a weak PRNG. User interaction (UI:R) is a firm gating requirement - the victim must be authenticated and must trigger the forged request, typically by visiting an attacker-controlled page. No EPSS data was provided in the input, and the absence of a KEV listing and public POC suggests this has not seen broad exploitation. The integrity impact is rated High (I:H), which is appropriate given that a successful CSRF on a vulnerability management platform could trigger privileged actions such as suppressing scan findings or modifying scan policies - consequences that materially affect an organization's security posture. The wildcard version range in the CPE (*) means the full affected version scope is not bounded by NVD data alone and should be confirmed against TNS-2026-22. Overall, this is a real but exploitation-constrained vulnerability: the attack requires timing, token prediction, and user interaction simultaneously, making opportunistic mass exploitation unlikely - but a targeted attacker against a known Security Center deployment could feasibly chain it with social engineering.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker identifies that a target organization runs Tenable Security Center and knows or infers the weak PRNG algorithm used for CSRF token generation. The attacker crafts a malicious webpage that pre-computes probable CSRF token values for the victim's active session and embeds a forged request - for example, to disable a scan policy or suppress vulnerability findings. The attacker then delivers the link to an authenticated Security Center administrator via phishing; when the administrator visits the page while logged in, the browser automatically submits the forged request with valid session cookies and a predicted CSRF token, completing the attack. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026

Predictable CSRF token generation in Tenable Security Center allows a network-accessible attacker to forge authenticated requests on behalf of a victim user, resulting in high-integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss. The CWE-1270 root cause - generation of incorrect security tokens - means the anti-CSRF control was structurally weakened by insufficient entropy, not absent; attackers who can observe or predict token patterns can bypass it. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis; Tenable has released a fix documented in advisory TNS-2026-22.

RemediationAI

The primary remediation is to apply the vendor-supplied patch documented in Tenable advisory TNS-2026-22 (https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-22); a specific fixed version number was not included in the available input data and must be confirmed from that advisory. Because the vulnerability is in CSRF token generation, a short-term compensating control is to restrict access to the Security Center web interface to trusted internal network segments or VPN-only paths, reducing the attack surface for the network-delivered social engineering component required by UI:R. Additionally, enforcing short session timeouts reduces the window available for an attacker to predict a token and trick a victim into submitting it before expiration. These mitigations do not eliminate the flaw - patching remains the only definitive fix - but they raise the practical difficulty of exploitation while the patch is staged.

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

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Tenable Security Center (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:tenable,_inc.:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is an on-premises vulnerability management platform. CSRF tokens are server-side nonces embedded in state-changing requests to prevent cross-site request forgery - their security relies entirely on unpredictability. CWE-1270 (Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens) captures the root cause: the token generation algorithm used a predictable method - likely a weak PRNG, timestamp-seeded value, or low-entropy source - reducing the token search space to a range an attacker could feasibly enumerate or predict. An attacker who can determine the likely token value for an active session can craft a malicious request that a victim's browser will submit with valid credentials, bypassing the CSRF defense. The fix involved improving randomness and entropy in token generation, aligning with NIST SP 800-90A recommendations for cryptographically secure PRNGs.

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Severity by source

Vendor (tenable) PRIMARY 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Network delivery with high complexity (token prediction required), no attacker privileges, mandatory victim interaction, and integrity-only impact fully justify all provided metrics.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).

CVSS VectorVendor: tenable

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

Lifecycle Timeline

2
CVSS changed
Aug 14, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
5.3 (MEDIUM) 6.0 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Aug 14, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue was identified in which CSRF tokens were generated using a predictable method, potentially reducing their effectiveness as a security control. This has been addressed by improving the randomness and entropy of token generation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 82% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise vulnerability management platform, common in security-mature organizations
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 MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
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· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.

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