Command injection in Tenable Security Center
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
A filename supplied during file upload is not properly sanitized before being used in system command execution, allowing an attacker to inject shell metacharacters and achieve command injection via the audit file upload functionality.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Tenable Security Center 6.8.0
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 4 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-46387 Command injection in Tenable Security CenterPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-46384 Command injection in Tenable Security CenterPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-46383 Improper input validation in Tenable Security CenterPriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-64879
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2v3-fq4f-vvjj
References
More Tenable Security Center vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-15974 Command injection in Tenable Security Center CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2019-08265 mail() may release string with refcount==1 twice CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-15975 Command injection in Tenable Security Center CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-15939 Remote code execution in Tenable Security Center CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-46387 Command injection in Tenable Security Center CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-46384 Command injection in Tenable Security Center CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-64879 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-64879 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x2v3-fq4f-vvjj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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