Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain non-admin Security Center credentials
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ExploitAuthenticate over network to SC web interface
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ExecutionRequest out-of-scope settings resources
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ImpactRead unauthorized configuration data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input size validation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated, non-administrative user account on the Tenable Security Center application - unauthenticated or anonymous access is not sufficient, and administrative accounts are out of scope since they already have broader visibility. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) indicates no special network position, configuration state, or attack prerequisites are required beyond low-level credentials. Exploitation is concretely limited by: (1) the need for a valid non-admin application account, which constrains the attacker pool to insiders or compromised credential scenarios; (2) impact restricted to read-only disclosure of settings data - no modification or disruption of operations is possible; and (3) the disclosed data is scoped to application settings rather than scan results, credentials, or underlying OS data. The vulnerability is most impactful when Security Center is deployed in a multi-organization or scope-partitioned configuration where scope isolation is a meaningful security boundary between business units or clients. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (Medium) is consistent with the vulnerability's limited impact profile: confidentiality impact is low (VC:L), with no integrity (VI:N) or availability (VA:N) impact, and no subsequent-system scope (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N). The attack vector is network (AV:N), complexity is low (AC:L), and no attack requirements exist (AT:N), which means an attacker does not need to engineer special conditions beyond obtaining a non-admin account. The authentication requirement (PR:L) is the primary limiting factor - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. No EPSS data was provided, preventing probabilistic exploitation likelihood assessment. This vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and no proof-of-concept exploit has been identified, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. In practical terms, this represents a horizontal privilege escalation within the application's access control model rather than a systemic compromise - the real-world risk is highest in multi-tenant or multi-organization Security Center deployments where different business units share a single instance and scope separation is a meaningful security boundary. Organizations with a single organizational scope or where all users are effectively trusted peers face lower effective risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has obtained or been legitimately issued a non-administrative Tenable Security Center account - such as a limited analyst or scan operator - authenticates to the Security Center web interface and queries settings endpoints or navigates configuration panels that belong to organizational scopes they have not been assigned to. This could expose scan policy configurations, organizational settings, or administrative parameters from peer scopes. No public exploit code has been identified, but the low attack complexity means exploitation would require no specialized tooling beyond a standard browser or API client. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 14, 2026
Improper access control in Tenable Security Center enables authenticated non-administrative users to read application settings that fall outside their assigned organizational or role-based scope, constituting an unauthorized information disclosure. The vulnerability requires only a low-privileged authenticated account and is exploitable over a network with no user interaction or special triggering conditions, per the CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L). No public exploit code has been identified and Tenable has published advisory TNS-2026-22; the CVSS 4.0 score of 5.3 (Medium) reflects the limited, read-only nature of the exposure.
RemediationAI
Consult Tenable advisory TNS-2026-22 at https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-22 for the primary fix and any specific patched version details, as no exact fix version is confirmed in the available data. As a compensating control, administrators should audit and tighten non-administrative user role assignments within Security Center, applying the principle of least privilege - specifically, reduce the number of users with non-admin application accounts to only those who operationally require them, since the vulnerability requires authenticated access (PR:L). Restricting network-level access to the Security Center web interface to only trusted internal network segments or VPN-connected hosts via firewall rules would raise the bar for exploitation, though this does not eliminate the vulnerability for insider-threat scenarios. Organizations running multi-organization or multi-scope Security Center instances should treat this issue with higher urgency given the scope-separation expectations in those deployments.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tenable Security Center is an enterprise on-premises vulnerability management platform used to aggregate scan data, manage scan policies, assign roles, and administer security programs across organizational units. Access control within Security Center is scope-based: administrators assign users to specific organizational or role boundaries that are meant to limit their visibility to relevant assets and configurations. The vulnerability, cataloged under CWE-1284, reflects a failure in enforcement of these scope boundaries at the application layer - specifically, a non-admin user can traverse or query settings objects belonging to scopes they were not authorized to view. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:tenable,_inc.:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version field, indicating the affected version range has not been narrowly bounded in NVD data. Notably, CWE-1284 ('Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input') is an atypical CWE for a scope-based access control bypass; the root cause is more characteristic of CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) or CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information), and this assignment may reflect a cataloging inconsistency.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Authenticated non-admin access required (PR:L); read-only settings disclosure yields C:L; no integrity, availability, or scope-change impact confirmed.
Primary rating from Vendor (tenable).
CVSS VectorVendor: tenable
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2DescriptionCVE.org
An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated non-administrative application user could potentially view settings outside of their assigned scope.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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