Modern infrastructure, minimal effort: the next Tenable Patch Management release is here
The April 2026 release of Tenable Patch Management is officially live. This update focuses on the unpatchables—modern ARM architectures, massive Windows feature updates, and performance-heavy drivers—giving you broader coverage without the operational lag. What’s changing and why it matters: Support for the modern cloud (Linux ARM): The value: Organizations are increasingly adopting ARM-based architectures (like AWS Graviton) for better cost and power efficiency. Tenable Patch Management now provides full patch lifecycle management for ARM-based versions of RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, and more. Use case: If your DevOps team is scaling web-scale applications on ARM-based cloud instances, you can now include these specialized endpoints in your standard autonomous patch strategies, ensuring they receive the same security rigor as your traditional x86 fleet. Zero-friction windows upgrades: The value: We’ve automated the big ones. Windows 10/11 Feature Updates are notoriously difficult to manage due to their size and complexity. Tenable Patch Management now automates the eligibility checks and phased rollouts of these updates, utilizing peer-to-peer distribution to protect your bandwidth. Use case: A security manager can set a policy to roll out the latest Windows 11 Feature Update in waves, starting with a canary group in IT for validation before moving to broader business units, ensuring a smooth transition without disrupting global operations. Lightweight driver patching: The value: We’ve ditched heavy CAB-based catalogs. Get lightning-fast visibility into Dell, HP, and Lenovo drivers using native OS metadata. Use case: You can now perform frequent driver scans across thousands of remote laptops without worrying about "scan bloat" or slowing down employee machines during peak hours. Expanded Linux coverage & platform speed: The value: Stay current with the latest enterprise environments. We’ve added comprehensive support for Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023), the latest Fedora (42/43) releases, and the newest SUSE and OpenSUSE iterations (including SLES/SLED 15 SP7 & 16). Combined with our migration to Java 25 virtual threads, we’ve slashed the memory footprint for both client and server, making the platform faster and leaner. In addition to all of the new features, we’re also making the following UI enhancements and bug fixes: Patch filter preview: Resolved a bug where multiple filter categories in the Strategy Editor (e.g., Tenable.vpr, risk.cvssscores) failed to return results when using the "Preview Filtered Software" function. Simple preview: Fixed an issue in the Simple Strategy Editor where the "Preview Targeted Patches" button returned empty results for products with a SoftwareProduct parent, including all Windows OS, Linux, and Driver patches. Pre-staging bug: Fixed a critical issue where Windows Update deployments would fail to start if the "pre-staging" option was enabled. Save as API: Resolved a REST API error that occurred when using the "Save As" feature on an existing strategy template. Character limits: Increased the character limit for User Interaction settings text fields (specifically the HTTP POST Message field) to prevent data truncation and database errors. Get the full details This release is available for both Tenable Patch Management SaaS and On-Prem customers. For a deep dive into the new distributions (Amazon Linux 2023, SLES 16, Fedora 42 & 43) and technical specs, check out the resources below: 👉 [Release Notes] 👉 [Technical Documentation] 👉 [Downloads]
April 2026 Tenable Product Newsletter
Check out our April newsletter to learn about the latest product and research updates, upcoming and on-demand webinars and educational content — all to help you get more value from your Tenable solutions. EXPOSURE 2026 The Tenable Exposure Management Conference There’s still time to register for EXPOSURE 2026, the first and only in-person event dedicated to exposure management for the AI era. Join us in Boston, Mass., from May 19-21, 2026, to: Get a practical blueprint for securing your AI attack surface. Hear real-world strategies from the industry’s top security executives. Master new techniques in hands-on labs and exclusive training sessions. Register now! Product update: Standardizing Tenable risk scoring Coming July 1: A new standard for VPR For the past several months, many customers have utilized VPR (Beta) to gain deeper insights into exploitability. We are excited to announce that on July 1, this model will be promoted to the primary Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) across the Tenable platform. By standardizing on this advanced model, we are retiring legacy VPR scoring to ensure every customer benefits from our most sophisticated threat intelligence. We're also enhancing our asset classification engine. As a result, customers with access to Asset Criticality Ratings (ACR) will see these scores more accurately reflect real-world business risk. Read the full update on Tenable Connect. Tenable Cloud Security Stop chasing ghosts. Start fixing what's actually exposed. This month, we’re trading “potential risk” for proof. Spotlight: Reachability, validated Network Scanner results now feed directly into our core risk engine. Instead of flagging every internet-facing asset, Tenable dynamically confirms what’s actually reachable across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI, so you chase toxic combinations on truly exposed assets, not shadows behind a WAF. Also new Unified accounts page. One view for every cloud and identity account. Goodbye, provider silos. More wins for your team Protect dev velocity. Exclude unresolvable CVEs from container scans so noise doesn’t break builds. Effortlessly scale triage. Turn any Explorer investigation into a permanent automation rule. Automate least privilege. Auto-generate custom roles for over-privileged Entra ID and GCP groups based on real usage. Find what others miss. Updated engine surfaces vulnerabilities buried in nested JAR files. View full release notes → Tenable Vulnerability Management Introducing VM-Native OT Discovery Safely identify and profile connected PLCs, HMIs, and IoT devices using the vulnerability management toolset you already own. No specialized hardware or complex deployments required. Turn your existing IT security tools into a safe OT discovery engine today and get visibility into your IT/OT security gap. Watch the guided demo to see this new capability in action. Review the latest documentation for Scan Templates and Discovery Settings to get started. Find and fix hidden risks across your infrastructure To protect your environment, you need a clear view of every asset and vulnerability. New reports and dashboards give you visibility to find hidden exposures in your Java, database, and operating system layers before they lead to a disruption. Identify every Java vulnerability: Go beyond a simple update to secure Java and see how unmanaged applications expand your risk. Java visibility and exposures dashboard: Get a full view of your Java ecosystem to find legacy flaws and library exploits that could give attackers access to your internal network. Java visibility and exposures report: Turn complex scan data into a clear map of your assets to find hidden weaknesses in unpatched installations before they cause a disruption. Prioritize your database security: Protecting your data depends on knowing which databases are most vulnerable. This new report and dashboard help your team close exposures and meet audit requirements by highlighting critical gaps. Database application visibility and exposures dashboard: Use this one-stop shop to see all supported and unsupported databases in one place. You can quickly see which assets are exploitable or have been active for too long, so you know what to patch first. Database visibility and exposures report: Streamline your compliance audits and vulnerability assessments with a clear breakdown of your database risks and best practices. Inventory your assets and improve scan accuracy: Full visibility requires knowing exactly what is running on your network. Operating system and application inventory with data troubleshooting report: Get a high-level summary of your OS and application instances. Includes specific queries to help you identify and fix scan fidelity issues for data accuracy and effective security operations. Tenable Nessus We’re thrilled to announce that Tenable Nessus v10.12 is now available for early access, with general availability expected later this month. This release streamlines your workflow with a revised interface and updated security protocols. Organize scans: Simply drag and drop existing scans from a list view directly into a folder or directory for easier organization. Import files: Instantly import a scan file (like .nessus) by dragging it from the local desktop into Nessus. OpenSSL 3.5 support: Nessus now fully supports OpenSSL 3.5, ensuring your vulnerability assessment operations meet the latest cryptographic standards. FIPS-140.3 support: Support for the FIPS 140-3 standard has been added. View Nessus 10.12 product documentation for more info Tenable Security Center Tenable Security Center 6.8 Focus on the vulnerabilities that truly matter with AI-powered VPR insights and clear mitigation guidance. This release streamlines your operations with unified asset repositories for IPv4, IPv6, and Agents, and improves efficiency with new background query processing and scan optimization tools. Foundational visibility for cyber-physical systems with VM-native OT Discovery We recently added native OT discovery capabilities in Tenable Security Center, allowing you to quickly map unknown/unmanaged cyber-physical systems (PLCs, IoT devices, etc.) using the tools you already own. Get insight into mission-critical OT assets across your network without risking disruption or the need for additional agents or add-on purchases. Find out how to configure your first scan here. View full release notes → Tenable OT Security Introducing Tenable OT Security 4.6 Our latest release introduces a variety of new features and performance enhancements, including refined scan controls and streamlined workflows for large-scale enterprise environments. Massive subnet scaling: Now supports up to 5,000 subnets per ICP, significantly increasing visibility for distributed large enterprise deployments. Centralized network management: A new Monitored Networks page includes bulk-add capabilities and the ability to stage inactive networks before monitoring. Precision scanning: New scan customization options allow you to define specific credential usage per scan for safe discovery of sensitive assets. Streamlined platform navigation: Updated workflow for SSO/SAML users allows you to instantly pivot back to the Tenable One platform with a single click. Remote agent updates and query restrictions: Update OT agents directly from the ICP, remove local site visits or manual CLI intervention, and restrict specific protocol queries with OT agents. Enhanced diagnostics: Deeper metadata in asset log exports for faster troubleshooting. IoT connector updates: Major stability and performance upgrades for Milestone, AvigilonES, and Exacq Edge integrations for IoT asset discovery. Update required: Tenable OT Security 4.5 Service Pack (version 4.5.61) All customers running version 4.5 should apply this upgrade immediately for optimal system stability and performance when processing high volumes of network conversations. This update also addresses communication gaps with Rockwell Stratix devices and Nessus scans. View full release notes → Tenable Identity Exposure Sharper signal. Steadier platform. This month, we are making the detections you rely on more precise, and the platform underneath more resilient. Detections that cut through the noise Golden Ticket IoA, now directory-aware. Smarter logic means fewer false positives and fewer missed hits in multi-domain environments. Richer PetitPotam context. Detections now surface hostnames and source IPs, so triage starts with answers, not questions. Platform you can count on Accurate API pagination. Iterate through result sets cleanly for faster, more reliable reporting. Self-healing listeners. RabbitMQ and Sysvol connections now auto-recover after restarts or network blips. View full release notes → Tenable PCI ASV Tenable PCI ASV interface update The Tenable PCI ASV interface will change on or around May 8, 2026, to simplify your compliance workflow. Changes will not affect your data, scan history, attestation records, or scan configurations. Here’s what’s changing: Renamed actions: Submit PCI is becoming Import to ASV Workbench, and the In Remediation tab changes to Scan Customer Review. Easier review: A new Accept button and compliance dialog let you confirm requirements in fewer clicks, with a progress indicator to track your status in real-time. Unified vulnerability view: Failures and Disputes merge into a single Vulnerability Review & Disputes tab. Updated Navigation: The Submit to ASV Review button is moving to a more intuitive position in the workflow. The changes will happen automatically. You don’t need to take action. Questions? Contact Tenable Support or your Customer Success Manager. Tenable Training and Product Education Enhanced Tenable Vulnerability Management training now available Maximize your security investment with the redesigned Introduction to Tenable Vulnerability Management course, available at no cost in Tenable University. This updated experience includes interactive elements, demonstration videos, and knowledge checks to help you quickly gain practical expertise. You will navigate the latest user interface with ease while implementing recommended settings to optimize your platform configuration from day one. Tenable Connect Join the Tenable Connect Office Hours group Missed a live Office Hours session? No problem! We are excited to launch the official Office Hours group to provide you with a centralized hub for Office Hours sessions and support. When you join the group, you’ll be able to: Watch recordings: Access the library of past regional Office Hours sessions at your convenience. Review key Q&As: Review important questions and expert answers from every call so you can find solutions without watching the full video. Search with ease: Use Tenable Connect’s unified search to find specific topics discussed across any of our recorded sessions. Don't miss a beat! Join the group to catch up on the latest sessions and stay ahead of the curve. And register for upcoming live Office Hours sessions here. Tenable Webinars Tune in for product updates, demos, how-to advice, and Q&A. See all upcoming live and on-demand webinars at tenable.com/webinars. On-demand Tenable customer update: April 2026: Watch this quarterly Tenable customer update to learn how to use AI to augment your security team, secure your expanding AI attack surface, uncover hidden risk across your connected IT/OT environments, and more. Products covered: Tenable One, AI Exposure, Tenable Vulnerability Management, OT functionality, third-party data connections, and Tenable Security Center. Customer Office Hours Recurring ask-me-anything sessions for Tenable One, Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Identity Exposure and Tenable OT Security. Time-zone-appropriate sessions are available for the Americas, Europe (including Middle East and Africa), and Asia Pacific (APJ). Register here. Tenable Research Research Security Operations blog posts Subscribe to the Research team blog posts here. The hidden cost of AI speed: Unmanaged cyber risk Supply chain attack on Axios npm package: Scope, impact, and remediations Research release highlights Potential Vulnerabilities: Tenable Research is officially introducing Potential Vulnerabilities. A potential vulnerability is a finding that has a lower degree of certainty as to whether the assessed application is or is not vulnerable. Improvement to printer OS fingerprinting: Scanned printers will now have an OS artifact surfaced in their scan host metadata if the target has been identified as a printer when the Scan Network Printers policy option is disabled. Content coverage highlights Almost 4,500 new published vulnerability plugins. More than 130 new audits delivered to customers. Read Tenable documentation.
GA Announcement – Tenable App for Microsoft Sentinel v3.1.2
Release Date: April 16, 2026 Hi everyone! We’re excited to announce the general availability (GA) of version 3.1.2 of the Tenable App for Microsoft Sentinel! This release includes minor enhancements and version updates to help you get the most from your integration. Resources Download & Install: Tenable App for Microsoft Sentinel – Azure Marketplace Documentation: Installation & Upgrade Guide What’s New Multiple rsyslog Support: Updated the Tenable IE (TIE) data connector UI to support multiple rsyslog configurations. Schema Updates: Updated the Tenable VM Vulnerability and Tenable WAS Vulnerability table schemas within the ARM Template for the Tenable Vulnerability Management data connector. SDK Optimization: Updated the Tenable Vulnerability SDK method to utilize indexed_at instead of last_found for improved data handling. We recommend you upgrade to v3.1.2 to ensure full support for these latest schema changes and connector enhancements. Questions? We’re here to help! Reach out to us in connect.tenable.com — Ahmad Maruf Principle Product Manager, Tenable Ecosystem
Tenable product update: Standardizing Tenable risk scoring
At Tenable, we are committed to providing the most accurate, defensible, and actionable view of organizational risk. To achieve this, we must continually refine the intelligence that powers your prioritization. On July 1, 2026, we are implementing a series of foundational updates to our risk scoring engines. As part of this update, you may see changes to your risk scores, depending on the Tenable product(s) you own. These changes simplify your workflow by standardizing scoring on a single, high-fidelity model for vulnerability and asset risk. The new standard for VPR For the past several months, many of you have utilized VPR (Beta) to gain deeper insights into exploitability. We are excited to announce that on July 1, this model will be promoted to the primary Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) across the Tenable platform. By standardizing on this advanced model, we are retiring legacy VPR scoring to ensure every customer benefits from our most sophisticated threat intelligence. The new version of VPR incorporates more threat intelligence and vulnerability metadata so that you can focus on the 1.6% of vulnerabilities that actually matter. Better context through enhanced asset classification Alongside the VPR update, we are enhancing our asset classification engine. This update improves how we identify the function and importance of assets across your entire attack surface, including Cloud, OT, and third-party devices. As a result, customers with access to Asset Criticality Ratings (ACR) will see these scores more accurately reflect real-world business risk. What this means for you These are backend enhancements designed to provide immediate value with zero manual configuration. On July 1, your dashboards, reports, and APIs will automatically reflect these updated metrics. Because both VPR and ACR serve as inputs to Cyber Exposure Score (CES) and Asset Exposure Score (AES), customers using these scores may see changes that reflect a more accurate understanding of exposure. Customer FAQ What happens to the VPR (Beta) score in the Tenable UI? The Beta label will be removed. The high-fidelity model you’ve been previewing will become the standard VPR. The legacy version of VPR will be retired to ensure a single, unified source or truth. Do I need to rewrite my custom API scripts using VPR? No. For customers using APIs, updated values will be mapped into legacy VPR fields on the back end to ensure compatibility and a smooth transition for your scripts and third-party tools. How does this affect my SLAs? Because many organizations use VPR as their operational prioritization layer, your SLA statistics and remediation tracking will now reflect the more precise scoring model. This helps ensure your team is meeting response goals for the vulnerabilities that pose the highest actual risk. How does Enhanced Asset Classification affect my scores? The system now automatically identifies the function and criticality of assets across Cloud, OT, and third-party sources. This improved context leads to more accurate Asset Criticality Rating (ACR) adjustments. For customers with access to ACR, this ensures your most critical business assets are effectively prioritized. For a detailed guide on our enhanced VPR, check out this FAQ. Want to see the why behind our scoring? View our scoring explained.March 2026 Tenable Product Newsletter
Check out our March newsletter to learn about the latest product and research updates, upcoming and on-demand webinars, and educational content — all to help you get more value from your Tenable solutions. EXPOSURE 2026 Save 50% on the security conference of the year Don’t miss EXPOSURE 2026, the first-ever conference dedicated exclusively to proactive, unified exposure management. Join us in Boston, Mass., from May 19-21, 2026, to get: Hands-on instruction with Exposure Management Strategy or Tenable One Technical Training Practical resources and real-world insights from Tenable leaders and industry experts Register before March 31 to save 50% off admission and training with early-bird pricing. Tenable customer update webinar 11 a.m. EST/3 p.m. BST, April 9, 2026 Join our upcoming webinar for an informative, fast-paced overview of recent product updates and best practices. Hosted by a team of Tenable product experts, this session will explore how to better secure your expanding attack surface and consolidate critical security data. Register now. Tenable One Coming soon: Data portability for Tenable Attack Path Analysis (APA) We’re introducing Full Export for Tenable APA, allowing you to move beyond single-page views and transform high-level visualizations into actionable offline intelligence. Key capabilities: Comprehensive data: Export full datasets for Top Attack Paths and Top Attack Techniques into CSV or JSON formats. Risk context: Exports include critical metrics like Source NES (Node Exposure Score) and Target ACR (Asset Criticality Rating). High capacity: Easily trigger exports for up to 100K+ results via a new global UI button. API parity: Programmatically pull path data into your SIEM, SOAR, or custom tools using the Tenable Public API. Tenable Cloud Security This month’s updates focus on operational scale, synchronizing security standards, and automating remediation across complex multi-cloud environments. Highlight: Synchronized policy management With linked queries, you can now connect saved explorer searches directly to custom policies and reports. Eliminate manual version control: When you update a source query, every linked policy and report automatically syncs, so your security standards are identical across your entire organization. Operational control: Pause automated workflows for maintenance without losing your configurations using the new enable/disable toggle for automation rules. High-impact capabilities Actionable CI/CD pipelines: Maintain developer velocity by excluding unresolvable vulnerabilities from container image scans. This prevents noise from breaking builds when no patch is currently available. Confirmed reachability: Bridge the gap between theoretical risk and actual exposure with Network Endpoints now displayed in your Inventory to surface the actual, validated entry points for your resources. Dynamic IaC protection: Tenable now scans Terraform dynamic configurations to give you visibility into scaled infrastructure and complex definitions before deployment. Expanded compliance: Immediate support for CIS AWS 6.0.0 and the NIS2 Directive keeps your cloud accounts aligned with the latest global regulatory benchmarks. Strategic update: Domain transition Note: Critical for continued service. The Console URL has officially transitioned to app.tenable.com. Please update your bookmarks and firewall allow lists to include *.app.tenable.com immediately to prevent service interruption. View Full March Release Notes Tenable Vulnerability Management Introducing VM-Native OT Discovery Safely identify and profile connected PLCs, HMIs, and IoT devices using the vulnerability management toolset you already own. No specialized hardware or complex deployments required. Turn your existing IT security tools into a safe OT discovery engine today and get visibility into your IT/OT security gap. Watch the guided demo to see this new capability in action. For more information, explore the user guide documentation for Scan Templates and Discovery Settings. Clean up your scan data: New OS and app inventory dashboard Our new Operating System and Application Inventory with Data Troubleshooting dashboard gives you an instant, high-level view of your asset counts across every OS and application. By using built-in troubleshooting queries, you can identify and fix scan fidelity issues and prioritize risk based on the most accurate data possible. View the dashboard details. Nessus Maximize your vulnerability assessment strategy with our recently introduced interactive Tenable Nessus demos. Skip the manuals and get immediate, hands-on experience securing your attack surface. Explore the Nessus Professional Onboarding demo to launch your first comprehensive scans in minutes. Dive into the Nessus Expert Onboarding demo to master advanced assessment features and eliminate security blind spots, whether on-prem or in the cloud. Tenable Security Center Uncover the OT blind spots across your network If you’re not already a Tenable OT Security user, your IT environment is likely full of shadow OT, like HVAC controllers and IoT devices, that standard scans can’t see. We recently added native OT discovery capabilities directly inside Tenable Security Center, so you can safely map these assets using the tools you already own. Get deep identity data for PLCs and HMIs without risking a disruption or deploying new network sensors. See it in action in this guided demo, and find out how to configure your first scan here. Reminder: Upgrade to Tenable Security Center 6.8 Focus on the vulnerabilities that truly matter with AI-powered VPR insights and clear mitigation guidance. This release streamlines your operations with unified asset repositories for IPv4, IPv6, and Agents, and improves efficiency with new background query processing and scan optimization tools. Explore the release notes for more information before you upgrade. Tenable Patch Management Improved patching precision and reliability Update (v10.0.971.26) includes critical fixes around strategy corruption and inaccurate compliance reporting. By upgrading, you keep your workflows intact, your data precise, and your environment benefits from the modernized performance and security of Java 25. View the release notes or access TPM documentation. Tenable OT Security Update required: Tenable OT Security 4.5 Service Pack (version 4.5.61) We advise all customers currently running version 4.5 apply this upgrade immediately to ensure optimal system stability and performance when processing high volumes of network conversations. This update also addresses specific communication gaps with Rockwell Stratix devices and Nessus scans. Review the release notes for the full list of fixes and improvements. Introducing Tenable OT Security 4.6 (Early Access) Our upcoming release introduces a variety of new features, performance enhancements, and streamlined workflows for large-scale industrial environments. Massive subnet scaling: Now supports up to 5,000 subnets per ICP, significantly increasing visibility for massive enterprise deployments. Centralized network management: A new Monitored Networks page includes bulk-add capabilities and the ability to stage inactive networks before monitoring. Precision scanning: New Nessus workflows let you define specific credential usage per scan for safe discovery of sensitive assets. Streamlined platform navigation: Updated workflow for SSO/SAML users helps you pivot back to the Tenable One platform instantly with the return button. Remote agent updates and query restrictions: Update OT agents directly from the ICP. and remove local site visits or manual CLI intervention. New infrastructure for OT agents also enables you to restrict specific protocol queries. Enhanced diagnostics: Exported asset logs now include deeper metadata to speed up Support and Engineering troubleshooting. IoT connector overhaul: Major stability and performance fixes for Milestone, AvigilonES, and Exacq Edge integrations for IoT asset discovery. This update focuses heavily on large-scale infrastructure, refined scan controls, and better integration with the Tenable One ecosystem. Check out the release notes and user guide for details. Tenable Web App Scanning Stop chasing dead keys: New secrets validation for WAS Don’t waste time manually verifying every leaked credential. Our new Secrets Validation automatically tests detected tokens, like GitHub or AI service API keys, to see if they are live and exploitable. By distinguishing between a harmless string and a critical vulnerability, you can prioritize your remediation efforts based on real-world risk, rather than noise. View the documentation or read the full breakdown on Tenable Connect. Tenable Training and Product Education Evolve from reactive patching to proactive risk oversight The Exposure Management Business Theory course, now available at no cost in Tenable University, guides you in self-paced modules toward building a sustainable exposure management program through the five pillars of the exposure lifecycle: scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization. Get strategic insight to align Tenable’s capabilities with your business goals, drive meaningful change, and make informed decisions. Get hands-on expertise with current industrial security capabilities The newly-updated Tenable OT Security Specialist instructor-led training course, now aligned with Tenable OT Security version 4.4, ensures you can effectively protect your critical infrastructure using the latest product features and workflows. You will learn to: Maximize visibility: Learn to leverage these enhancements to see and secure every asset in your OT environment. Reduce risk: Practice real-world scenarios to identify vulnerabilities and threats faster. Get expert guidance: Interact directly with instructors to master complex configurations and best practices. Visit tenable.com/education to learn more about our Tenable University education offerings, see global instructor-led training (ILT) schedules, and buy virtual ILT or on-demand courses. Tenable webinars Tune in for product updates, demos, how-to advice, and Q&A. See all upcoming live and on-demand webinars at https://www.tenable.com/webinars. Customer office hours These are recurring ask-me-anything sessions for Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Identity Exposure and Tenable OT Security. Time-zone-appropriate sessions are available for the Americas, Europe (including the Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific (APJ). Learn more and register here. Tenable Research Research Security Operations blog posts Subscribe to the Research team blog posts here. The cloud and AI velocity trap: Why governance is falling behind innovation Dynamic objects in Active Directory: The stealthy threat New malicious npm package "ambar-src" targets developers with open-source malware Research release highlights Improvement: Handling component installs for vulnerability assessment: Adds the ability to remove findings for component-based vulnerabilities from scan results New Dell OS10 compliance plugin and audit files: Customers can now measure compliance against Dell OS10 devices with new plugin ID Dell OS10 Compliance Checks (275781) on Tenable Vulnerability Management and Nessus. Content coverage highlights More than 2,700 new published vulnerability plugins. Nearly 50 new audits delivered to customers. Read Tenable documentation.
Now available: VM-Native OT Discovery
VM-Native OT Discovery introduces a powerful new asset discovery engine directly inside Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Security Center. This allows you to identify and profile OT assets—including PLCs, HMIs, and IoT devices—using the VM tools you already own. Use a new "OT Recon" scan template to perform safe, protocol-aware active queries. No additional hardware or sensors are needed. Get started in minutes. Discovered assets count toward your existing license at a 1:1 ratio. Watch this 2-minute guided demo to see VM-Native Discovery in action. For more information, please refer to the user guides for Tenable Vulnerability Management (Discovery Settings, Scan Templates) and Tenable Security Center (Scan Policy Options). For continuous monitoring and access to a wide range of other advanced OT/CPS security capabilities, consider upgrading to Tenable OT Security to maximize the value of your Tenable One deployment.Stop Guessing, Start Securing: New Secrets Validation for WAS
Finding a leaked credential in your web application is a bad day. Finding out that credential is live and grants access to your GitHub or cloud environment? That’s a crisis. To help you distinguish between a harmless string of text and a major security hole, we’ve launched Secrets Validation for Tenable Web App Scanning (WAS). Turn maybe into action You no longer have to manually test every API key or token your scanner unearths. When Tenable WAS identifies a sensitive credential—like a GitHub token—it now goes a step further. Our Validated Secret Detected plugin safely attempts to connect to the service to verify if that secret is live and exploitable. Why this matters for you: Prioritize with confidence: You can stop chasing "dead" keys and focus your remediation efforts on secrets that actually pose a real-world risk. Clear visibility: If a secret is valid, we flag it clearly in your results, giving you the evidence you need to escalate the fix immediately. Broadening coverage: We are continuously expanding validation support across our existing library of detected secrets. How to get started You can find the full setup details in our Secrets Validation documentation. This feature enhances the detection capabilities already found in these key plugins: Generic Secret Disclosure: Credentials for private services. Third-Party Service Secret Disclosure: API keys for public cloud and SaaS platforms. AI Service Secret Disclosure: API keys for public AI services.[GA] Tenable Patch Management v10.0.971.26 is officially LIVE!
We are pleased to announce the General Availability of Tenable Patch Management (TPM) v10.0.971.26! This quality-focused update delivers critical stability and performance fixes for both On-Premise and SaaS environments. Enhanced Reliability & Precision Reporting This release addresses high-priority issues including strategy corruption, database scaling, and compliance reporting accuracy. Top Fixes to Pitch: Strategy Integrity: Fixes a critical defect where simplified patching strategies could become corrupted or fail to load "How to Patch" configurations. Precision Reporting: Corrects compliance percentage variables to eliminate "over 100%" reporting errors. Improved SaaS Reliability: Resolves "502 Bad Gateway" errors and database deadlocks by optimizing connection pooling and PostgreSQL-specific ports. Patch Filter Conditions: Corrects errors in Patch Filter UI and Tenable.Vpr filter handling. Added a dropdown for true/false boolean fields and updated VPR filters to require the Tenable.VprInteger format. Cloud Compatibility: Fixed the cloud install script (.sh) for successful execution when used in JAMF script payloads. Platform Modernization: Full integration of Java 25 and log4j 2.25.3 for peak security and performance. WSUS Intelligence: Improved WSUS scanning logic to mark patches as "Not Applicable" if a superseding patch is already present. P2P Configuration: New brp2p.minimum_viable_volunteer_count setting to better manage peer-to-peer download sources. Customer-Facing Resources: Release Date: March 5, 2026 Hotfix Version: 10.0.971.26 Changelog: View Release Notes Docs: TPM Complete Documentation Upgrade Path: SaaS/Cloud: Your SaaS Tenants are upgraded to v10.0.971.26 automatically. Please upgrade your clients accordingly. On-Premise: Customers can download the latest version of server and clients from the TPM Downloads portal immediately. Questions? We’re a ping away! Reach us at connect.tenable.com. Happy Upgrading! - Ahmad Maruf Tenable Patch Product ManagementFebruary 2026 Tenable Product Newsletter
Greetings! Check out our February newsletter to learn about the latest product and research updates, upcoming and on-demand webinars and educational content — all to help you get more value from your Tenable solutions. Exposure 2026 Save 50% on the security conference of the year Don’t miss Exposure 2026, the first-ever conference dedicated exclusively to proactive, unified exposure management. Join us in Boston, Mass., from May 19-21, 2026, to get: Hands-on instruction with Exposure Management Strategy or Tenable One Technical Training Practical resources and real-world insights from Tenable leaders and industry experts Register before March 31 to save 50% off admission and training with early bird pricing. Tenable One Say hello to the Tenable One Open Connector We know your security stack is disparate, but your visibility shouldn't be. That's why we're thrilled to introduce the Tenable One Open Connector — a powerful new way to bridge the gaps across your attack surface and create a truly unified, context-aware view of risk. Bring your own data: Don't wait for a pre-built connector. Whether it’s pentesting reports or external vulnerability scans, you can now ingest data from across your entire stack on your own terms. Seamless uploads: Use in-platform drag-and-drop functionality to upload CSV, Excel, or ZIP files in seconds — no complex APIs or coding required. Customizable mapping: Customize exactly how you organize data for precise segmentation and more accurate reporting. Ready to unify your security data? Explore the Tenable One Open Connector. AI Exposure Tenable One AI Exposure now gives you visibility and control to close your AI exposure management gap through three core capabilities: Discover AI across your entire environment: Continuously discover shadow AI across your environment, so your security teams have a complete, risk-aware view of where AI exists, its connections, and where exposure begins. Protect AI workloads and agents: Reduce real-world AI risk by protecting the systems that power AI to close the gaps that attackers exploit across infrastructure, agents, and attack paths. Govern AI usage (add-on): Enable secure, compliant AI adoption by eliminating blind spots in how employees interact with GenAI and autonomous agents to ensure your workforce adopts generative tools within a governed framework that prevents data leakage and maintains alignment with organizational policies. For more information, visit our webpage or view the data sheet. Reach out to your customer success manager to get started today! Tenable Cloud Security At Tenable, we are obsessed with your uptime. This month’s updates focus on one goal… shortening the distance between discovering a risk and fixing it. The Highlight: Patch faster, firefight less We’ve integrated Remediation Patches (including Tenable Plugin IDs) directly into your vulnerability tables and workload profiles. The outcome: Drastically reduce Mean Time to Remediation (MTTR) by giving DevOps the exact patch name they need without all the manual research required. Where to find it: Check the new "Patch Name" column in your Vulnerabilities table or click into any Patch Profile for deep context. Validated vision: The Forrester Wave™ Q1 2026 Tenable has been named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™: Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions (CNAPP), Q1 2026. Platform power: Forrester validated our vision for reducing tool sprawl, awarding Tenable a "superior" rating for simplifying exposure management. Perfect scores: We earned 5/5 scores in critical categories: CIEM, Container Orchestration Protection, Reporting, Vision, and Community. Technical edge: The report specifically highlighted our excellence in identifying toxic combinations of permissions and our "extra mile" customer support. Impactful updates Strategic risk management: Use our new Exclusions framework to silence non-actionable findings and focus your team on risks that actually move the needle. AWS ABAC support: Achieve True Least Privilege with granular identity visibility and highly accurate permission recommendations. Automation at scale: New GraphQL API support for Projects allows you to bake security governance directly into rapid DevOps workflows. View Full Cloud Release Notes Tenable Vulnerability Management Streamline AI and MCP risk tracking Monitor artificial intelligence exposure with the updated Tracking AI Exposure dashboard and report. This release replaces complex plugin output filters with simplified plugin family filters, allowing you to identify AI-related vulnerabilities across your environment. This also introduces dedicated content for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), ensuring you can secure AI connectivity alongside your LLM deployments. By utilizing these tools, you gain insight into your AI attack surface to better prioritize exposure. See the dashboard and report here. Navigate the transition to post-quantum cryptography Secure against the threat of quantum computing with Post Quantum Ciphers Analysis report and dashboards. As quantum computers advance, the standard RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms for web browsing, VPNs, and identity verification will become vulnerable. By leveraging specialized plugins you can inventory your cryptographic landscape. This allows you to: Identify where RSA and ECC are currently deployed to prioritize your transition to quantum-resistant standards. Detect remote services and Web Application Scanning (WAS) environments that lack post-quantum cipher support. Pinpoint specific vulnerable ciphers, certificates, and assets that require immediate attention. This empowers you to manage the shift to post-quantum security, ensuring your data remains protected as computing capabilities evolve. See the dashboard and report to dive in. Maximize scan efficiency while protecting host & network performance Take full control of your sensor fleet with CPU resource and plugin download concurrency controls. This empowers you to balance essential security visibility with the performance needs of your business-critical infrastructure. CPU resource management: Protect host productivity by setting specific CPU utilization limits for Windows and Linux agents within your agent profiles. This ensures your security scans run efficiently without impacting the user experience or system stability. Bandwidth optimization: Avoid network congestion by governing how many agents or scanners download plugin updates at once. These global settings allow you to throttle traffic to accommodate limited internet pipes, ensuring your network remains responsive. These tools offer flexibility to scale your deployment without compromising network or host stability. For further information, see the release notes. Tenable Security Center Introducing Tenable Security Center 6.8 Our latest release introduces several new features and enhancements to streamline your security operations. Focus on real risk: Stop chasing 60% of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) as High or Critical. Start focusing on the 3% of CVEs that truly matter. Enhanced VPR logic and new AI-powered insights explain why an exposure is significant and provide clear mitigation guidance based on regional and industry-specific threat actor behavior. Streamlined infrastructure: We’ve unified IPv4, IPv6, and Agent repositories into a single, flexible Asset Repository type to reduce administrative overhead and give you more freedom in how you bucket and analyze your data. You can now target any data, including agent, network scan, and passive data, into any repository. Asset grouping and customization: The Explore Assets page includes new Group By options for Microsoft ID, Network, System Type, and Asset Criticality Rating (ACR). Other enhancements to the Explore Assets page include the ability to edit ACR scores (available in Tenable Security Center Plus) directly in the Explore interface. You can also export findings and installed software for specific assets to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. Background queries: Start a query and keep working. Tenable Security Center now processes long-running asset searches in the background. Scan optimization: Prevent performance issues with new per-host timeouts that keep your scan schedules on track to prevent a single host from increasing overall scan time. Enhanced security: Use at-rest encryption for External PostgreSQL databases and expanded PAM integration for Delinea and BeyondTrust. Before you upgrade: Tenable Security Center 6.8 supports upgrades from version 6.4.0 and later. Please review the updated hardware specifications in the release notes for optimal performance. Tenable OT Security Now available: Tenable OT Security 4.5 Our latest release delivers improved scalability for enterprise environments, enhanced power grid visibility, and enhanced Tenable One platform integration. Policy violation findings widgets: New widgets for High-Risk Violations and Operational Violations replace the former Events widgets in the Overview Dashboard, making it easier to distinguish between critical exposures from non-critical operational issues. Advanced dynamic tagging: Streamline prioritization and reporting with the ability to create rule-based groups and tags with multiple filters, including asset type, risk score, and criticality. Enhanced support for IEC 61850: Improve passive detection of intelligent electronic devices with comprehensive visibility across substation and power generation infrastructures. Unified SOC visibility: You can now directly view policy violations that Tenable OT Security detects, such as unauthorized access, failed logins or risky configuration changes, within Tenable Security Center dashboards and reports to give your security operations center (SOC) and IT security teams a unified view of both OT vulnerabilities and OT policy issues. Expanded compliance mapping: Simplify how you track, measure, and report against critical security frameworks with the ability to directly map asset data and policies to NIST CSF as well as IEC 62443-3-3 to improve visibility for electrical substation and power grid environments. Role-based access controls (RBAC): Tenable Enterprise Manager now enables admins to assign users to specific ICPs using user groups, so users only view the zones they’re authorized to see while inheriting ICP-level roles. New protocol and device coverage: Tenable identifies several new vulnerabilities in this release for devices from multiple vendors, including ABB, ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, Barco, General Electric, Generex, HP, Lexmark, Schneider, and others. See the complete list here. Note: Upgrades from versions prior to 4.4 may take longer than usual due to the migration of policy events. If you have hundreds of thousands of events, upgrades can take about 30 minutes. Access the release notes to learn more. Tenable Identity Exposure Our February rollout focuses on hardening the Active Directory attack surface and ensuring the integrity of your detection engine. To maintain a resilient identity posture, we have introduced visibility into transient objects and streamlined health monitoring for your infrastructure. Hardening dynamic AD environments: This new Indicator of Exposure (IoE) detects Dynamic Objects Misconfiguration and Usage. This enhancement mitigates risk by identifying transient objects that attackers could exploit for unauthorized access or persistence. Detection engine integrity: We have optimized Domain Installation health checks to ensure your security stack operates at peak performance: Conflict resolution: The system now flags redundant "Tenable IoA GPO EVT Subscribe Listener" files within your SYSVOL. System optimization: Identifying these multiple versions ensures you are running the latest configuration, preventing detection lag or GPO conflicts. View Full Identity Release Notes Tenable Ecosystem Tenable Add-on for Splunk v8.0.2 Tenable has released version 8.0.2 of the Tenable Add-on for Splunk. This latest quality update improves data reliability by resolving a specific index_time race condition previously affecting Tenable Security Center. For more information, please read the Tenable Documentation, and visit Splunkbase to download. Tenable WAS Integration for ServiceNow VR v30.2.0 Tenable has fully integrated Tenable Web App Scanning (WAS) with the ServiceNow Vulnerability Response (VR) app (v30.2.0). This update enables security teams to automatically synchronize application metadata and DAST vulnerability findings directly into ServiceNow to unify remediation workflows. Key benefits: CMDB correlation: Automatically map WAS findings to your CMDB applications for enhanced asset context. Scalable ingestion: Uses Tenable Export APIs to retrieve data in chunks, ensuring high performance for large-scale environments. Flexible lookups: A new Lookup Strategy field enables independent configuration of CI Lookup or Product Model settings for each integration. Broad compatibility: Fully compatible with ServiceNow’s Zurich, Yokohama, Washington, and Xanadu releases. For more details, read the ServiceNow User Guide and visit the ServiceNow Store for the appropriate Tenable apps for ServiceNow. Tenable Plugin for Jira On-premises v11.0.0 Tenable has released version 11.0.0 of the Tenable Plug-in for Jira (On-Prem), adding full support for Jira 11.x Data Center environments. This update modernizes the tech stack to streamline vulnerability remediation workflows. Automatically synchronize findings from Tenable Vulnerability Management, Security Center, and Web App Scanning directly into Jira tickets. Please note: This version is not backward compatible with Jira versions earlier than 11.x; users on Jira 9.x or 10.x must upgrade their Jira environment to use this plugin. For more information, please read the Tenable Documentation and visit Atlassian Marketplace to download the newest versions. Tenable Connect The Tenable Connect Resource Center expansion now better supports your Tenable journey! Look for the question mark in the bottom right-hand corner of any Tenable Connect page for quick access to submit feature requests, and find essential onboarding materials and info on upcoming office hours. Customer Office Hours These are recurring ask-me-anything sessions for Tenable Security Center, Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Identity Exposure, and Tenable OT Security. Time-zone-appropriate sessions are available for the Americas, Europe (including the Middle East and Africa), and Asia Pacific (APJ). Learn more and register here. Tenable Webinars See all upcoming live and on-demand webinars here. Tenable Research Research Security Operations blog posts Subscribe to the Research team blog posts here. I pretended to be an AI agent on Moltbook, so you don’t have to LookOut: Discovering RCE and internal access on Looker (Google Cloud & On-prem) From Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: Security experts detail critical vulnerabilities and 6 immediate hardening steps for the viral AI agent Tenable discovers SSRF vulnerability in Java TLS handshakes that creates DoS risk Research release highlights Improvements to live kernel patching detection: Tenable has improved the logic used to detect live-patched kernels to include the running kernel to support KernelCare for Alma Linux, CentOS, CentOS Stream, Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Ubuntu Linux. Backported vulnerability detection improvements: Banners that indicate a Linux distribution will be considered backported by default. Content coverage highlights Almost 15,000 new published vulnerability plugins. More than 38 new audits were delivered to customers. Read Tenable documentation.Introducing Tenable Security Center 6.8
Our latest release, Tenable Security Center 6.8, introduces several new features and enhancements to streamline your security operations: Focus on real risk: Stop chasing 60% of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) as High or Critical. Start focusing on the 3% of CVEs that truly matter. Enhanced VPR logic and new AI-powered insights explain why an exposure is significant and provide clear mitigation guidance based on regional and industry-specific threat actor behavior. Streamlined infrastructure: We’ve unified IPv4, IPv6, and Agent repositories into a single, flexible Asset Repository type to reduce administrative overhead and give you more freedom in how you bucket and analyze your data. You can now target any data, including agent, network scan, and passive data, into any repository. Asset grouping and customization: The Explore Assets page includes new "Group By" options for Microsoft ID, Network, System Type, and Asset Criticality Rating (ACR). Other enhancements to the Explore Assets page include the ability to edit ACR scores (available in Tenable Security Center Plus) directly in the Explore interface. You can also export findings and installed software for specific assets to a comma-separated values (CSV) file. Background queries: Start a query and keep working. Tenable Security Center now processes long-running asset searches in the background. Scan optimization: Prevent performance issues with new per-host timeouts that keep your scan schedules on track to prevent a single host from increasing overall scan time. Enhanced security: Use at-rest encryption for External PostgreSQL databases and expanded PAM integration for Delinea and BeyondTrust. Before you upgrade: Tenable Security Center 6.8 supports upgrades from version 6.4.0 and later. Please review the latest updates to Tenable Security Center hardware specifications in the release notes for optimal performance.
