Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain privileged access to Threat Response
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ExploitTrigger action that logs sensitive data
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ExecutionRead exposed log file contents
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ImpactHarvest disclosed sensitive information
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A09:2025 - Security Logging & Alerting Failures
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Log data sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Per the supplied CVSS vector, exploitation requires high privileges (PR:H) within Tanium Threat Response, required user interaction (UI:R), and succeeds only under high-complexity conditions (AC:H); impact is limited to confidentiality (C:H, I:N/A:N). The specific feature, action, or configuration that causes sensitive data to be written to the log is NOT described in the available sources - the description only states that sensitive information is inserted into a log file (CWE-532). Realistic exploitation additionally depends on the attacker (or a downstream reader) being able to access the affected log files, which the sources do not characterize. Limiting factors: the need for pre-existing high privileges, required user interaction, and high attack complexity substantially narrow the practical attack surface. Affected deployments are Threat Response 4.17 (<4.17.327), 4.12 (<4.12.349), and 4.9 (<4.9.476); updating to those fixed versions is the vendor remediation. |
| Impact | This is a low-to-moderate priority issue, not an emergency, consistent with the vuln.today 'this_month' decision label and the CVSS base score of 4.2 (MEDIUM). The supplied CVSS:3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) combines high confidentiality impact with several strong limiting factors: high attack complexity, high privileges required, and required user interaction. No EPSS score was provided, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit or PoC reference appears in the input - so by the precision rules this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' A notable tension exists in the data: the vulnerability is CWE-532 (insertion of sensitive information into a log file), a class whose real-world exploitation almost always requires access to read the resulting log files (typically local or log-pipeline access), yet the vendor-supplied vector asserts AV:N. The network attack vector combined with PR:H and UI:R is internally unusual for a logging-disclosure flaw and should be verified with Tanium - the practical exposure is likely narrower than AV:N implies. Overall: a genuine confidentiality concern for already-privileged contexts, but the combination of AC:H, PR:H, UI:R, no known exploitation, and a 'this_month' label argues against treating it as urgent. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An actor with high privileges in a Tanium Threat Response deployment causes sensitive information to be written into log files, which is then disclosed to a party able to read those logs; the vendor vector indicates the path also requires user interaction and has high complexity. No public exploit or PoC was identified in the available data, and there is no evidence of active exploitation. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Tanium Threat Response can write sensitive information into log files (CWE-532), exposing confidential data to anyone who can read the affected logs. Affected builds are Threat Response 4.17 before 4.17.327, 4.12 before 4.12.349, and 4.9 before 4.9.476; Tanium has released fixed versions. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.2 (MEDIUM) and the vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' - a low-to-moderate priority issue, not an emergency; no public exploit code or CISA KEV entry is reported in the supplied data. The vendor vector and the independent assessed vector differ on access path and prerequisites (network/high-privilege/user-interaction versus local/low-privilege/no-interaction), but both limit impact to confidentiality.
RemediationAI
Tanium has released fixed builds: update Threat Response 4.17 to 4.17.327 or later, 4.12 to 4.12.349 or later, and 4.9 to 4.9.476 or later. The vendor advisory at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-051 should be consulted for deployment guidance. No specific workarounds are described in the supplied data; the vendor remediation is to apply the fixed versions. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month' and the CVSS base score is 4.2 (MEDIUM), so remediation can be scheduled in the normal monthly patch cycle rather than treated as an emergency.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File) is a logging-hygiene flaw in which an application records data that should not be persisted, such as credentials, tokens, or other confidential values. In Tanium Threat Response, the supplied sources do not identify the exact logging component, feature, action, or code path that writes the sensitive data, nor do they characterize where the logs are stored or who can read them; the trigger is not described in the available sources. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:threat_response:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product family. The vendor's CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and the independent assessed vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) differ in access path and prerequisites, but both agree on confidentiality-only impact with no integrity or availability effect. Realistic exploitation depends on an attacker or downstream reader being able to access the affected log files, which the sources do not characterize.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-532 log disclosure realistically requires local access to read the affected log files with some privilege, so AV:L/PR:L; only confidentiality is affected, hence C:H, I:N, A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an insertion of sensitive information into log file vulnerability in Threat Response.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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Path traversal in Tanium Comply allows authenticated low-privileged network users to read files outside the module's int
Path traversal in Tanium Comply exposes all authenticated low-privilege users to a scope-changing arbitrary file write a
SQL injection in Tanium Comply (CWE-89) allows a network-accessible, unauthenticated attacker - contingent on user inter
Improper access controls (CWE-862, Missing Authorization) in Tanium Comply allow an authenticated low-privileged user to
Improper access controls in Tanium Comply allow an authenticated low-privilege user to perform unauthorized operations w
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