Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege Tanium account
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DeliveryReach vulnerable Patch input field
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ExploitInject crafted SQL payload
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ExecutionBackend executes attacker query
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ImpactExfiltrate confidential database contents
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account on the Tanium platform (CVSS PR:L) and network access to the Patch module; no user interaction is needed (UI:N). The specific vulnerable Patch feature, endpoint, or injectable parameter is not described in the available sources, so the exact input that triggers the SQL injection cannot be named from the evidence. The principal limiting factor is the authentication prerequisite - an attacker must first possess valid console credentials - which confines practical risk to insiders or attackers who have already obtained a foothold; impact is further limited to confidentiality (data read) with no stated integrity or availability effect. Affected deployments are those running Patch 3.24 before 3.24.306, Patch 3.28 before 3.28.325, or Patch 3.32 before 3.32.353. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-priority, authenticated SQL injection (CWE-89) in the Tanium Patch module, rated CVSS 6.5. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N describes network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation that requires low-level privileges (PR:L), so it is an authenticated issue rather than a remote-unauthenticated one - this materially lowers real-world risk since an attacker needs valid, if limited, console access first. Impact is scoped to confidentiality only (C:H/I:N/A:N), consistent with data exfiltration via injected queries rather than data tampering or outage. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), which aligns with a serious-but-not-urgent posture. No EPSS score was provided, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference appears in the input, so exploitation signals are absent rather than negative; the only exploitation evidence available is the CVSS access profile itself. There is no SSVC exploitation/automatable/technical-impact decision data supplied. Net: a genuine authenticated information-disclosure flaw in an enterprise tool, worth scheduled remediation, but not a drop-everything emergency on the signals provided. Note one internal tension to verify with the vendor: SQL injection commonly permits data modification, yet the supplied vector sets I:N - if write/integrity impact is actually possible this score would understate the risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged authenticated account on the Tanium platform submits crafted input to a Patch feature that is concatenated into a backend SQL query, injecting their own SQL to read data they should not be able to access. Because the attack is network-based and low-complexity (AV:N/AC:L), it is straightforward to execute once minimal console access is obtained. No public exploit code or PoC reference is present in the available data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
An authenticated SQL injection (CWE-89) in the Tanium Patch module lets a low-privilege user with valid console credentials and network access to the Patch component read data they should not be able to reach, with confidentiality impact rated High and no integrity or availability effect (CVSS 6.5, PR:L, UI:N). Deployments running Patch 3.24 before 3.24.306, 3.28 before 3.28.325, or 3.32 before 3.32.353 are affected. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at the time of analysis; the authentication prerequisite confines practical exposure to insiders or attackers who already hold a foothold.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch is available: upgrade Patch to 3.24.306 or later on the 3.24 branch, 3.28.325 or later on the 3.28 branch, and 3.32.353 or later on the 3.32 branch, per Tanium advisory TAN-2026-053 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-053). No workaround or compensating control is described in the available sources, and because the vulnerability is an injection reachable by authenticated users, the primary containment before upgrading is restricting Patch module access to trusted administrative accounts and reviewing who holds console credentials on affected servers. This is a this_month priority item rather than an emergency, as no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tanium Patch is the patch-management module of the Tanium endpoint management platform, which normalizes and distributes patch content to managed endpoints from the Tanium console and server infrastructure. The flaw is a SQL injection (CWE-89): untrusted input reaches a database query without adequate parameterization or escaping, allowing an attacker to alter query logic. Per the assessed vector, the injection path is network-reachable (AV:N) and requires only a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L) with no user interaction (UI:N); scope is unchanged and the stated impact is confidentiality-only (C:H/I:N/A:N), meaning exposure of data readable through the Patch module's database access rather than modification or denial of service. The specific Patch feature, endpoint, or injectable parameter is not described in the available sources, so the exact input that triggers the injection cannot be named from the evidence; the affected product is recorded as cpe:2.3:a:tanium:patch across the 3.24, 3.28, and 3.32 release branches.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable, low-complexity SQLi requiring a low-privileged authenticated account (PR:L); impact assessed as confidentiality-only per the evidence, with integrity set N absent any stated write capability.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed a SQL injection vulnerability in Patch.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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