Improper Access Control in Unknown App Permits Authenticated Scope Escalation
CVE-2026-2698 Published on February 23, 2026
Improper Access Control
An improper access control vulnerability exists where an authenticated user could access areas outside of their authorized scope.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-2698 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
CVE-2026-2698 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-2698
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Affected Versions
Tenable Security Center:- Before 6.8.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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