Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege Discover account
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ExploitAbuse improper authorization check (CWE-863)
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ImpactAccess or alter restricted data/functions
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated account on Tanium Discover (PR:L - the attacker must already be logged in, not anonymous) and satisfaction of high-complexity conditions (AC:H) that the attacker cannot fully control. The specific feature, role boundary, or configuration that the improper access control violates is not described in the available sources - the advisory text was not retrieved. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: prior authentication is mandatory, attack complexity is high, impact is limited to partial confidentiality and integrity (no availability effect), and scope is unchanged, confining the flaw to the Discover component. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue rather than an urgent threat. The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.2 reflects a network-reachable flaw (AV:N) that nonetheless requires valid low-privilege authentication (PR:L) and high attack complexity (AC:H), with only limited confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact (C:L/I:L/A:N, scope unchanged). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', signaling routine scheduled remediation rather than emergency action. No EPSS probability was supplied, so widespread-exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from this data. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present - only the vendor advisory. The combination of required privileges, high complexity, and bounded impact means the raw 'network vector' label overstates practical reachability: an attacker must already hold a valid account and satisfy non-trivial conditions. Note a signal conflict worth verifying with the vendor: the input Tags include 'Authentication Bypass', yet both CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) and the PR:L metric indicate an authorization flaw reachable by an already-authenticated user, not an authentication bypass. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds valid low-privilege credentials to a Tanium Discover deployment leverages an improper access-control flaw to reach data or functionality that should be restricted to higher-privileged roles. Because the flaw carries high attack complexity (AC:H), success depends on conditions the attacker does not fully control, and impact is limited to partial disclosure or modification. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Tanium Discover contains improper access controls that let an authenticated user exceed intended permissions under high-complexity conditions, with limited confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability effect. Exploitation requires a valid account on Discover (PR:L) and conditions the attacker cannot fully control (AC:H), so real-world risk is reduced; this is a moderate-severity, low-priority issue rather than an urgent threat. No public exploit was identified at the time of analysis, and the vendor reference is Tanium advisory TAN-2026-085.
RemediationAI
No fixed version is specified in the supplied data, so the primary remediation path is to review Tanium advisory TAN-2026-085 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-085) for the vendor's fixed-version and update instructions. The assessed exploitation conditions require a valid authenticated Discover account (PR:L), so restricting Discover access to necessary trusted users can reduce exposure while the advisory is reviewed; this is a compensating control with the trade-off of limiting legitimate user access and does not correct the underlying CWE-863 authorization flaw.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tanium Discover is the affected product per CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:discover:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause class is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), meaning access-control enforcement does not correctly restrict an operation to the intended role or permission set. The provided advisory text was not retrieved, so the specific feature, role boundary, or configuration that the improper access control violates is not described in the available sources. The assessed vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N: network-reachable, requiring an authenticated low-privileged account, with high attack complexity and limited confidentiality/integrity impact; although an input tag says "Authentication Bypass", PR:L means the attacker must already be logged in rather than anonymous.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable but requires an authenticated low-privilege user (PR:L) and non-trivial conditions (AC:H); authorization flaw yields only partial confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an improper access controls vulnerability in Discover.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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OS command injection in Tanium Connect lets an authenticated, low-privileged user execute arbitrary commands on the unde
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Command injection in Tanium Certificate Manager allows an authenticated attacker with low-level access to execute unauth
Command injection in Tanium Threat Response allows an authenticated low-privilege attacker to execute unauthorized code
SQL injection in Tanium Threat Response (CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) allows a low-priv
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
EUVD-2026-116553
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