Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged Comply user
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DeliveryIssue request to improperly protected Comply function
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ExploitBypass missing authorization check (CWE-862)
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ExecutionAccess or alter resources beyond privilege (scope change)
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ImpactLimited confidentiality/integrity/availability impact
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
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 low-privileged authenticated account on Tanium Comply (CVSS PR:L), network reachability to the Comply service (AV:N), and no user interaction (UI:N). The specific product feature, API, or configuration that exposes the missing authorization check is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors: the attack is not available to fully unauthenticated attackers, carries high attack complexity (AC:H) per the vendor vector, and is bounded to versions below the fixed releases - Comply 2.32 (<2.32.263), 2.35 (<2.35.323), and 2.37 (<2.37.326); upgrading to these or later versions remediates it per the vendor advisory. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity, lower-urgency issue rather than an emergency. The vendor-supplied CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, score 6.0) describes a network-reachable but authenticated (PR:L) flaw with high attack complexity (AC:H) and only low impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, albeit with a scope change (S:C). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', not 'act_now' or 'emergency', which aligns with the modest impact profile. There is no CISA KEV listing, no EPSS probability was supplied, and the references contain only a vendor advisory and the NVD page - no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present. Taken together the signals are internally consistent and point to a real but non-urgent, authenticated access-control weakness rather than a widely-exploited critical bug. Note a limitation: the CVSS vector sets AC:H, but the sparse description ('improper access controls') does not explain WHY exploitation is complex - the trigger is not described in the available sources, so the AC:H justification cannot be independently verified. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated user of Tanium Comply leverages missing authorization checks (CWE-862) to access or act on Comply resources beyond their intended permission level. Because the vector is network-based with a scope change, the unauthorized action may affect components beyond the Comply module itself. No public exploit code or PoC reference is present in the provided data, and the high attack complexity suggests non-trivial preconditions. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Improper access controls in Tanium Comply allow a low-privileged authenticated network user to reach functionality or data outside their intended permissions, with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact and a scope change. Affected builds are Comply 2.32 before 2.32.263, 2.35 before 2.35.323, and 2.37 before 2.37.326; Tanium has released fixed builds in each branch. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the vendor's high attack-complexity rating keeps this a moderate-severity, lower-urgency issue.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Tanium Comply to the fixed build for each affected branch: 2.32.263 or later for the 2.32 line, 2.35.323 or later for the 2.35 line, and 2.37.326 or later for the 2.37 line, as documented in Tanium advisory TAN-2026-066 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-066). The available sources identify vendor-released fixes but do not describe a separate workaround; because exploitation requires a valid low-privileged authenticated account, the vendor's remediation is the upgrade path to the listed fixed versions.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tanium Comply is a compliance and configuration-assessment product within the Tanium platform. The flaw is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), meaning an access-control check is absent on some Comply functionality; the CVE description and available advisory data do not identify the specific feature, API, or configuration involved, so the trigger is not described in the available sources. The vendor vector is AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L, meaning exploitation requires network reachability to the Comply service, a valid low-privileged account, and no user interaction, with high attack complexity; the scope change indicates impact may extend beyond the vulnerable component's security boundary, while confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are each limited. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:comply:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers the affected Comply product line.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Authenticated low-privileged network user (PR:L, AV:N) abuses a missing authorization check affecting other components (S:C) with low C/I/A; AC:H retained as the vendor's unexplained complexity cannot be refuted.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an improper access controls vulnerability in Comply.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-111259
GHSA-r4v7-rcvq-hxh7
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB