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Tanium Data Service CVE-2026-108327

| EUVDEUVD-2026-116548 MEDIUM
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-11-03 Tanium
5.0
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Tanium
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with high privileges to Tanium
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted path to Tanium Data Service
  3. Exploit
    Bypass path sanitization (traversal)
  4. Execution
    Write or overwrite files outside intended directory
  5. Impact
    Tamper with service data integrity

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to already hold high privileges (PR:H) on the Tanium platform and to reach the Tanium Data Service over the network (AV:N); the high attack complexity (AC:H) indicates conditions beyond the attacker's sole control must be met, though the available sources do not describe what those conditions are. The affected components are Tanium Data Service and Tanium Interact. No user interaction is required (UI:N). The limiting factors - a high-privilege prerequisite and high complexity - mean this is realistically exploitable only by an already-privileged user or a post-authentication attacker, not by an unauthenticated remote actor. The exact product feature, protocol, or configuration that triggers the path traversal is not described in the available sources.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity, low-urgency issue rather than a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L, base 5.0) describes a network-reachable but high-complexity flaw that requires high privileges (PR:H) to exploit, with integrity as the primary impact (I:H) and only low availability impact (A:L) and no confidentiality impact (C:N). The high privilege requirement and high attack complexity substantially constrain real-world exploitability: an attacker already needs elevated access to the Tanium platform before this path traversal becomes useful. No EPSS score was provided in the input, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present - only the vendor advisory. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month,' consistent with a non-emergency, schedule-it-into-the-patch-cycle priority rather than act-now. One tension worth flagging: CWE-22 path traversal often yields file disclosure (confidentiality), yet the supplied vector sets C:N and I:H, implying the traversal is used to write/overwrite rather than read files - the terse description does not confirm the mechanism, so verify the actual impact with the Tanium advisory (TAN-2026-082).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds high-privilege access to a Tanium deployment supplies a crafted path to the Tanium Data Service, abusing insufficient path sanitization (CWE-22) to reach files outside the intended directory and tamper with their contents. Because exploitation requires high privileges and high attack complexity, this is a realistic post-compromise or malicious-insider escalation path rather than an opportunistic remote attack. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026

Path traversal (CWE-22) in Tanium Data Service, with Tanium Interact also listed among the affected components, allows a high-privileged, authenticated attacker reaching the service over the network to manipulate files in a way that compromises integrity (rated High) and, to a lesser degree, availability (Low), with no confidentiality impact. Tanium reports it has addressed the issue in advisory TAN-2026-082, and the CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.0 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L). No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and the vuln.today priority decision places it in the this_month remediation cadence rather than an emergency one.

RemediationAI

Tanium states it has addressed this path traversal in Tanium Data Service, and the vendor reference for remediation details is advisory TAN-2026-082 at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-082; the exact fixed version numbers are not stated in the available data, so confirm the applicable Tanium Data Service and Tanium Interact release levels against that advisory before upgrading. No workarounds or compensating controls are described in the sources provided, so any interim mitigation would have to be derived from the vendor advisory rather than assumed. Given the high-privilege prerequisite (PR:H) and high attack complexity (AC:H) in the assessed vector, remediation can follow the this_month cadence indicated by the priority decision, but the update should still be scheduled rather than deferred indefinitely.

Affected VersionsENISA

Tanium Data Service 4.1 <4.1.281
Tanium Data Service 4.2 <4.2.360
Interact 3.5.0 <3.5.141

Affected Packages

euvd interact fix: 3.5.141
euvd tanium_data_service fix: 4.1.281, 4.2.360

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause class is CWE-22, improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, meaning user-supplied path input can resolve outside the intended directory boundary within Tanium Data Service. Tanium Data Service is the platform component that stores and serves data used across the Tanium deployment, and Tanium Interact is the console/visualization layer that consumes it; both are named in the CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:tanium:tanium_data_service and cpe:2.3:a:tanium:interact), with wildcard version fields so specific affected releases are not enumerated in the supplied data. The CVSS vector shows network reachability but high attack complexity (AC:H) and a high privilege prerequisite (PR:H) with no user interaction, which is consistent with a flaw that only an already-privileged platform user can realistically reach and that also requires conditions outside the attacker's sole control. The specific feature, endpoint, protocol, or configuration that triggers the traversal is not described in the available sources, and the precise conditions implied by AC:H are likewise unstated.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Tanium) PRIMARY 5.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
vuln.today AI 5.0 MEDIUM

Network-reachable service but requires high privileges (PR:H) and complex conditions (AC:H); vendor-indicated impact is integrity (I:H) with minor availability (A:L) and no confidentiality, per the only available source.

3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).

CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Nov 03, 2026 - 23:19 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Tanium addressed a path traversal vulnerability in Tanium Data Service.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Medium
enterprise endpoint-management platform, common in large orgs but not everywhere
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

25
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +25
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.

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References

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