Tenable is pleased to announce a new integration with Akeyless Privileged Access Manager (PAM) for streamlined privileged access in credentialed vulnerability scans. This integration is available in Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Nessus.

Supported Credential Types

• SSH — including privilege escalation (e.g., sudo) and SSH key-based authentication
• SMB (Windows) — including domain and Kerberos authentication
• Database — Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DB2, Cassandra, Sybase ASE
• ESXi — VMware vSphere hypervisor credentials
• vCenter — VMware vCenter Server credentials
• Nutanix — Nutanix Prism Central credentials

Supported Authentication Methods

The integration supports three methods for authenticating to Akeyless:

• Access Key — authenticate using an Akeyless Access ID and Access Key
• Universal Identity (UID) — authenticate using a Universal Identity token, supplied directly or read from a file on the scanner host
• Certificate (mTLS) — authenticate using a client certificate and private key

Impact

There is no disruption to existing scan configurations. Customers using Akeyless for privileged access management are encouraged to adopt this integration for credentialed scanning to consolidate credential management and reduce risk from static credentials. For comprehensive details regarding this integration, please refer to the Tenable user documentation.

Release Date

July 14, 2026 for T.VM and Nessus; TDB for T.SC