CVE-2026-2698

Improper Access Control

Published Feb 23, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated user could access areas outside of their authorized scope.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Tenable has released Security Center 6.8.0 to address these issues. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/security-center Note: Patches that include fixes for Apache, PHP and Libcurl were recently released ( https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-06) . Tenable Security Center 6.8.0 includes all of these fixes. Please refer to the Tenable SC Release Notes https://docs.tenable.com/release-notes/Content/security-center/2026.htm  for more information.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated user could access areas outside of their authorized scope.
Title Improper Access Control
First Time appeared Tenable
Tenable security Center
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tenable
Tenable security Center
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
tenable
Published
Updated
Feb 23, 2026, 6:17 PM
Reserved
Feb 18, 2026, 3:44 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 23, 2026, 5:23 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:31 AM