A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Tenable Security Center that allows a user with "Security Manager" role and "manage user" permission on a single group to modify users belonging to other groups. This bypasses the intended access control restrictions and enables unauthorized cross-group user management.
History

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

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Metrics ssvc

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


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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 privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Tenable Security Center that allows a user with "Security Manager" role and "manage user" permission on a single group to modify users belonging to other groups. This bypasses the intended access control restrictions and enables unauthorized cross-group user management.
Title Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2026-08-14T17:04:19.115Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T03:55:54.279Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T15:43:30.028Z

Link: CVE-2026-19629

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T17:43:24.639Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T18:17:22.557

Modified: 2026-08-15T04:18:19.000

Link: CVE-2026-19629

cve-icon Redhat

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