A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Security Center. An attacker with write access to a specific configuration file could achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges, without requiring further user or victim interaction.
History

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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

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Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Security Center. An attacker with write access to a specific configuration file could achieve arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges, without requiring further user or victim interaction.
Title Local Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-15T03:55:55.449Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T16:13:37.568Z

Link: CVE-2026-19635

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T17:45:23.891Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T18:17:22.817

Modified: 2026-08-15T04:18:19.190

Link: CVE-2026-19635

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T19:00:15Z