A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows an attacker to craft a malicious scan result file that, when imported by a privileged user, injects malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
Fix
Public exploits 2
- Tenable Nessus 10.12.1 - SQL Injection (webapps · multiple) Exploit-DB · 2026-07-07
- CerberusMrXi/CVE-2026-57588-Nessus-XML-Import-SQL-Injection-PoC PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-17 Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 1.8 · tenableNVD modified 2026-10-25 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-17 Vendor Advisory