Tenable Security Center up to 6.7.x Audit command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Tenable Security Center up to 6.7.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Audit. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-64879. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tenable Security Center up to 6.7.x. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Audit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at tenable.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-64879 since 07/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: Security Center 6.8.0

Timelineinfo

07/20/2026 CVE reserved
07/21/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
07/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-64879 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-64879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-381061

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2026 22:50
Changes: 07/21/2026 22:50 (53)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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