SQL Injection in Tenable Nessus
CVE-2026-57588
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.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus — versions prior to 10.12.1, 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-17 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-57588?
- CVE-2026-57588 is a low-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-06-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-57588?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2026-57588 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.