CVE-2026-19635 HIGH

CVE-2026-19635: Local Privilege Escalation

Vendor Tenable, Inc.
Product Security Center
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 14, 2026
Last update August 14, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 14, 2026 CVE published
August 14, 2026 Record updated

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