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TI-2026-41437 Aliases CVE-2026-57587GHSA-qq5f-hjr7-p57f

SQL Injection in Nessus via Reverse DNS Lookup

Priority LOW 12CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls reverse DNS records for a scanned host to inject malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00448 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Nessus (tenable): 10.12.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TenableNessusbefore 10.12.110.12.1Patch availableCNA
  • Nessus VendorTenable Affected before 10.12.1 Fixed in 10.12.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 10.12.1VulnerableTenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.12.1 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Nessus (tenable) Fixed in 10.12.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    tenable Nessus — TNS-2026-17

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-41438 SQL Injection in Nessus via Malicious Scan Result File ImportPriority LOW 9
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57587
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qq5f-hjr7-p57f

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-20962 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-21076 In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2021-02414 CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2022-07855 Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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