CVE•Published 2026-07-21•Modified 2026-08-18•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-64879Tenable · Security_center
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.9
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
84
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 16% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A filename supplied during file upload is not properly sanitized before being used in system command execution, allowing an attacker to inject shell metacharacters and achieve command injection via the audit file upload functionality.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-21
Modified 2026-08-18
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-64879Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Tenable Security Center"All exposed Tenable Security Center instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Security Center"HTTP body or banner mentions "Security Center" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-64879Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-64879Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-64879Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-64879GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-64879" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-64879 on GitHub.