Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Security Center. An attacker with write access to a specific configuration file could achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges, without requiring further user or victim interaction.
Published: 2026-08-14
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Tenable has released Security Center 6.9.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal:  https://www.tenable.com/downloads/security-center

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History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tenable
Tenable security Center
Vendors & Products Tenable
Tenable security Center

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Security Center. An attacker with write access to a specific configuration file could achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges, without requiring further user or victim interaction.
Title Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Tenable Security Center
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-15T03:55:55.449Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T16:13:37.568Z

Link: CVE-2026-19635

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T17:45:23.891Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T18:17:22.817

Modified: 2026-08-15T04:18:19.190

Link: CVE-2026-19635

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T19:00:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-78

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')