CVE-2026-57587

SQL Injection in Nessus via Reverse DNS Lookup

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 01:47 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNessus

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls reverse DNS records for a scanned host to inject malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 10.12.1
Affected range stops below 10.12.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2026-17

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMtenable
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-89

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