CVE-2026-19629
Privilege escalation in Tenable Security Center allows cross-group user modification.
Is CVE-2026-19629 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-19629 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-19629?
CVE-2026-19629 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-19629?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-19629. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-19629 affect?
CVE-2026-19629 affects Tenable Security Center (Tenable.sc). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-19629?
Remove/unassign unnecessary 'manage user' permissions, audit users/groups, monitor logs, apply vendor patch when released.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
A 'Security Manager' with manage-user on one group can modify users in other groups, enabling account takeover, lateral privilege escalation, and unauthorized admin access.
Immediate action required
- affected< 6.9.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.