[GA] Tenable Patch Management v10.1.972.14 (Server) is LIVE!
Tenable is pleased to announce the GA release of TPM v10.1.972.14 (Server). This quality release provides a hotfix build that resolves an issue found in the upgrade from 10.0.971 to 10.1.972.12. Release Highlights Upgrade Task Sequencing: Resolves an issue where the order of upgrade tasks was incorrect from 10.0.971 to 10.1.972.12. Intent Object Validation: Resolved an issue where using DeploymentWaves objects from a Simple Patching Strategy in an Advanced Patching Strategy blocked upgrades. Validation Enforcement and Migration Stability: Enforced validation to prevent the usage of Simple Patching Strategy generated intent objects in Advanced Patching Strategies. Migration Stability: Addresses a specific failure that arises if a customer used a Simple Patching Strategy's DeploymentWaves object in a separate Advanced Patching Strategy. Upgrade Path SaaS: Your SaaS Tenant is already upgraded! On-Prem: Download the latest Server installer from the Tenable Downloads Portal. Customer-Facing Resources: Release Date: May 07, 2026 Release Version: 10.1.972.14 (Server) Changelog: View Release Notes Docs: TPM Complete Documentation Questions? We’re a ping away! Reach us at connect.tenable.com. Happy Patching! – Tenable Patch Product Management
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
Plugin output for language library enumeration
Summary The plugins that enumerate Node.js, Python, and Ruby packages will now list the discovered packages in their output. Change Before this update, Tenable had updated some of the “language library” enumeration plugins - specifically for Node.js, Python, and Ruby - so that they would no longer list the discovered packages in the plugin output. This was a performance-related decision. When scanning assets with a substantial number of discovered packages, Tenable found that in many cases the size of the findings set would be so large that it would exhaust the memory allocated to the plugin and cause the plugin to crash without reporting. This would prevent downstream vulnerability plugins from detecting vulnerable packages and result in false negatives. Tenable found this to be a less desirable outcome, and began investigating solutions to make these findings sets available at the platform level. Customer feedback has led us to revert this change and develop an alternative solution for reporting from these plugins. After this update, the plugins below will now list the discovered packages, along with their path and version, in the plugin output, which can be used to locate specific installed packages on assets. Tenable will continue to investigate a platform-level feature to allow customers to locate specific language libraries across all managed assets in Tenable One. Impact Plugin output for updated plugins will include a list of detected packages. This may substantially increase the size of scan results in accordance with the number of detected packages. Plugins 200172 - Node.js Modules Installed (Windows) 179440 - Node.js Modules Installed (Linux) 178772 - Node.js Modules Installed (macOS) 181215 - Python Installed Packages (Windows) 164122 - Python Installed Packages (Linux/macOS) 240646 - Ruby Gem Modules Installed (macOS) 207585 - Ruby Gem Modules Installed (Windows) 207584 - Ruby Gem Modules Installed (Linux) Target Release Date April 27, 2026Tenable 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.
Improvement to Printer OS Fingerprinting
Updated: April 3, 2026 Summary Scanned printers will now have an OS artefact surfaced in their scan host metadata if the target has been identified as a printer when the “Scan Network Printers” policy option is disabled. This change will not cause any additional asset licenses to be consumed within Tenable VM or Tenable Security Center. Background Printers are notoriously unstable scan targets. Oftentimes, they can behave erratically when scanned, so some users prefer to avoid scanning them altogether. At present, there is a switch in the scan policies to prevent further scanning of a host when it's identified as a printer. To enable this setting, go to Settings -> Host Discovery -> Fragile devices - Scan Network Printers (Currently, this is a checkbox setting, default value “off”). With that said, how can the scanner know the target is a printer if it cannot be scanned? In reality, the scanner still performs very basic fingerprinting (usually via SNMP) in order to gather enough information to make an educated guess at the device type. When the scan target is thought to be a printer, it essentially gets marked as “Host/dead" in the scan KB. When this happens, the scanner will not perform any further active scanning. Changes With this update, the fingerprint used to identify the printer as such, will now be stored in the scan Knowledge Base (KB) so it can be processed by os_fingerprint2.nasl ("Post-scan OS Identification", plugin ID 83349) and surfaced as metadata in the scan result. The relevant policy setting located at Settings -> Host Discovery -> Fragile devices -> Scan Network Printers. With this update, the printer's OS information will now be surfaced if it is available, regardless of the selected value for this setting. Impact Users can now see the OS information for their printer devices that would have otherwise gone unreported if the scan is not configured to “Scan Network Printers”. As plugin ID 83349 generates no plugin output, only an “operating-system” tag will be added to the scan result (and stored in an exported .nessus file). This information will be visible only the in “Host/Asset Details” section of the Tenable product UI, i.e: Tenable Nessus: Scans -> [Folder] -> [Individual Scan Result] - > Host Details -> OS (sidebar) Tenable Vulnerability Management: Explore -> Assets -> [Asset] -> Details -> Operating System Scans -> Vulnerability Management Scans -> [Individual Scan Result] -> Scan Details -> Asset Details -> Operating System Tenable Security Center: Analysis -> IP Summary -> [IP address] -> System Information -> OS Scans -> Scan Results -> [Individual Scan Result] -> IP Summary -> [IP address] -> System Information -> OS Note, we expect this information to surface mainly in individual scan results. It would only be present in cumulative asset details if a licensed asset already exists for the target in question. This update will not cause additional assets to be created or consume any additional licenses. Affected Plugins 83349 - os_fingerprint2.nasl 11933 - dont_scan_printers.nasl 22481 - dont_scan_settings.nasl Targeted Release Date Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Tenable Post-Quantum Cryptography Inventory Support
Summary The advent of quantum computing presents a significant threat to current cryptographic algorithms. Organizations worldwide are beginning the critical transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) resistant algorithms to ensure long-term data security. Government mandates, such as the U.S. National Security Memorandum 10 (NSM-10), outlines deadlines for PQC migration and specific actions agencies must take to migrate vulnerable systems. Our PQC support is designed to help customers inventory use of TLS and SSH quantum-resistant and vulnerable algorithms within their infrastructure using remote Nessus-based scans. Cipher Inventory and Reporting Post-Quantum Cipher Plugins Two remote-based scan informational reporting plugins for TLS and SSH protocols inform customers of their transition posture according to NIST Post-Quantum Encryption Standards. Services Using Post Quantum Cryptography: Reports on services equipped with at least one post-quantum cipher. It will specify which post-quantum ciphers were discovered, reporting by port and protocol. Services Not Using Post Quantum Cryptography: Reports on services that support no post-quantum ciphers. These plugins will be enabled by default and included in existing scans. Cryptographic Inventory Plugin Reporting To enable a JSON-based inventory of each target by service and cipher, enable through either a preference on your Advanced Network Scan or by running the Cryptographic Inventory scan template. These preferences will initially be supported in Nessus and Tenable Vulnerability Management. They are planned to be added to Tenable Security Center at a later date. Warning: Enabling this preference through the Advanced Network Scan is expected to increase the overall size of the plugin output per target and resulting Nessus database size. If you do not need to produce this inventory at all or on your regular scan cadence, it’s recommended to instead run the Cryptographic Inventory scan template to decrease the potential impact to your normal scan results. Options to Enable Inventory Reporting Advanced Scan Preference Post Quantum Cryptography Scan Template Cryptographic Inventory Plugin Details The plugin enabled with the preference or scan template is an information plugin called Target Cipher Inventory. Within the output of this plugin, you will find a JSON structure containing the TLS and SSH inventories for the scanned target. You can export this inventory based on plugin output using the Tenable API if needed. For TLS, the structure contains: Attribute Definition Encaps Protocol encapsulation employed such as TLSv1, TLSv2, TLSv3 Port Port used for TLS communication Curve Group Encryption method Ciphersuite Algorithm used to secure the TLS connection For SSH, the structure contains: Attribute Definition Proto Protocol of SSH Port Port used for SSH communication Name Algorithm used to secure the protocol Type Use of the named algorithm such as “message auth” Release Date Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Nessus: December 8, 2025 Tenable Security Center: - December 8, 2025 for the informational plugins - Cryptographic Inventory scan template release to be determinedCyberArk PVWA Credentials from CCP
Summary Tenable is proud to announce an enhancement to credentialed scanning using CyberArk Auto-Discovery. Specifically, as it relates to how customers can manage Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) credentials in the CyberArk Vault, and fetch them from the Central Credential Provider (CCP). When using CyberArk Auto-Discovery, the scanner accesses the Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) API to enumerate accounts to be dynamically added as targets to the scan, and the scanner uses a username and password to authenticate to this API. This new feature offers the ability to store the username and password combination in CyberArk itself, eliminating the need to manually manage these credentials. New Feature The feature adds a new drop-down menu, named “PVWA REST API Authentication Type”, which has two options, “Username and Password” and “Gather from CCP”. “Username and Password” is the default and previous behavior of manually entering the PVWA username and password. “Gather from CCP” provides the ability to gather these values from the vault, by instead providing the Account Name (unique credential identifier) of the account containing PVWA credentials. Please note that this change only affects configurations using CyberArk Auto-Discovery as a Windows, Database or SSH authentication method, because these are the only integrations that interface with the PVWA. The following other integrations are unaffected by this change: CyberArk (without auto-discovery) CyberArk Secrets Manager CyberArk (Legacy) Additionally, this change requires a minimum Nessus scanner version of 10.10. Attempting to use this feature with an older Nessus version will fail with an error in the debugging log report which reads: Please note that fetching PVWA creds from the Central Credential Provider requires Nessus scanner version 10.10 or later. For more information, please refer to the CyberArk integrations documentation: https://docs.tenable.com/Integrations.htm Impact There is no change necessary for customer configurations. Customers with existing Auto-Discovery credentials will continue to use username and password authentication, but will have the option to try the new feature by selecting “Gather from CCP”. Release Date April 1st 2026 for T.VM and Nessus, TDB for T.SCImprovement: Handling Component Installs for Vulnerability Assessment
Background On Friday, February 6, 2026, Tenable Research published a plugin update that changed the way component installs are assessed for vulnerabilities. Those changes are outlined in a previous release highlight: Component Installs Require Paranoid Checks, This update essentially reverts this change, while adding new functionality to allow users to choose whether or not they want component installs assessed for vulnerabilities. Component installs are no longer influenced by scan paranoia settings. What are “Component Installs”? Software components, such as applications or language modules/libraries, are installed and managed by a primary "parent" package or application. The crucial point is that these components often cannot be updated individually. Instead, their vulnerability assessment and upgrade are entirely dependent on an update of the parent package. For instance, the SQLite database component is installed as part of the Trend Micro Deep Security Agent and is updated only when the Agent itself is updated. Nessus uses several factors to determine if a detected product is a component, or a standalone installation, including: Was the product installed by a package manager? These products are not considered components, as they are managed by the package manager and not a “parent” application Is the component a “language library”, i.e. a library or module used by the interpreter of a programming language like Python or Node.js? These enumerated libraries are marked as components by default. Does the product reside in a directory that is recognized for installations that are not component-based? Changes By default, component installs are once again assessed for vulnerabilities, as was the case prior to the release of the aforementioned update. If users wish to turn this setting off, so that component installs will not be assessed by generic vulnerability detection plugins, they can do so via the newly created scan preference. The end result of this change should be that fewer “false positives”, i.e. reported vulnerabilities for components that are “owned” by another application, are shown in scan results. Components with vulnerabilities that cannot be addressed independently of the “parent” application will not show in scan results. However, some customers have expressed a desire to see these vulnerabilities in their scan results anyway, to ensure full awareness of the risk profile of every application in their environment. This is still possible through the updated scan configuration settings. To modify this setting in your scan policy, go to Settings > Assessment > Accuracy > Override Normal Accuracy > Assess component installs for potential vulnerabilities. This setting is ON (checkbox is ticked) by default, so users must enable the Override Normal Accuracy checkbox (which is OFF / unchecked by default) if they wish to disable the setting and ensure that component installs are not assessed by generic vulnerability detection plugins in this scan. Please note that this update makes no other changes to the existing paranoia logic, outside of what is described above. For now, “Managed”, “Managed by OS” and “Backported” installs are still controlled by the Show/Avoid potential false alarms radio button. How can I tell if the detected install is a component or not? In addition to the above, we have also updated the relevant detection plugins so they will show if the component flag is set or not. At present, this includes detection plugins for OpenSSL, Curl, LibCurl, Apache HTTPD, Apache Tomcat, SQLite, Python Packages, Node.js modules and, soon to follow, Ruby and Nuget libraries. Using plugin ID 174788, SQLite Detection (Windows), here is a before and after example of the expected plugin output. Before: After: Expected Impact With the new default setting in place, users should anticipate an increase in vulnerability findings for the products in scope, returning to a level similar to what was observed before the first update. If users do not wish to surface these additional potential vulnerabilities, they should disable the "Assess component installs for potential vulnerabilities” setting. If the new scan preference is disabled, the volume of findings will remain consistent with current levels, when scanning with normal accuracy (paranoia) settings. Affected Plugins 12288, global_settings.nasl (updated to support the new scan policy preference) Any plugin that operates downstream of those in the list below: SQLite: 174788 - sqlite_nix_installed.nasl 171077 - sqlite_win_installed.nasl OpenSSL: 168007 - openssl_nix_installed.nasl 168149 - openssl_win_installed.nasl Curl: 182774 - curl_nix_installed.nasl 171860 - curl_win_installed.nasl LibCurl: 182848 - libcurl_nix_installed.nasl Apache HTTPD: 141394 - apache_http_server_nix_installed.nasl 141262 - apache_httpd_win_installed.nasl Apache Tomcat: 130175 - apache_tomcat_nix_installed.nasl 130590 - tomcat_win_installed.nasl Python Packages: 164122 - python_packages_installed_nix.nasl 139241 - python_win_installed.nasl Node.js Modules: 178772 - nodejs_modules_linux_installed.nasl 179440 - nodejs_modules_mac_installed.nasl 200172 - nodejs_modules_win_installed.nasl Targeted Release Date Tenable Nessus and Vulnerability Management: Monday, March 9, 2026 (ETA 22:30 Eastern Standard Time) Tenable Security Center: Monday, March 16, 2026March 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.
