CVE-2026-2698 (GCVE-0-2026-2698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-23 16:28 – Updated: 2026-02-23 18:17
VLAI?
Title
Improper Access Control
Summary
An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated user could access areas outside of their authorized scope.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Tenable Security Center Affected: 0 , < 6.8.0 (semver)
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