CVE-2026-57588 PUBLISHED

SQL Injection in Nessus via Malicious Scan Result File Import

Assigner: tenable
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score: 3.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 1.6

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	tenable
Product	Nessus
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 10.12.1 (excl.)

Credits

Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec) from Talence Security finder

References

TNS-2026-17

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE