CVE-2026-57588
Received Received - Intake
SQL Injection in Nessus Scan Result Import

Publication date: 2026-06-25

Last updated on: 2026-06-25

Assigner: Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Description
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.
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Published
2026-06-25
Last Modified
2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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2026-06-25
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tenable nessus *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-89 The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a SQL injection issue in Nessus. It allows an attacker to create a malicious scan result file that, when imported by a privileged user, injects harmful SQL commands into the scan results database.

This injection can lead to unauthorized actions on the database, such as extracting sensitive scan-result data.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can impact you by enabling an attacker to exfiltrate sensitive scan-result data from the Nessus database.

Since the attack requires a privileged user to import the malicious file, it could lead to unauthorized data disclosure and compromise of scan results.

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