Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege Comply user
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ExploitRequest resource lacking proper authorization check
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ImpactRetrieve unauthorized compliance data
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 Tanium Comply account at low privilege (CVSS PR:L) with network reachability to the Comply application (AV:N); no user interaction is needed (UI:N) and attack complexity is low (AC:L). The specific Comply feature, endpoint, or configuration that fails the authorization check is not described in the available sources, so the exact trigger is unverified. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: valid credentials are mandatory (this is not remote-unauthenticated), the affected product must be a vulnerable Comply build (2.32 before 2.32.263, 2.35 before 2.35.323, or 2.37 before 2.37.326), and impact is confined to reading data the account should not access - no write or denial-of-service capability. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, not an urgent, priority. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, base 4.3) describes a network-reachable but authenticated (PR:L) improper-authorization flaw (CWE-863) in Tanium Comply whose only impact is limited confidentiality (C:L) - no integrity or availability effect. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', consistent with a real-but-contained issue rather than an emergency. Crucially, several escalation signals are ABSENT: there is no KEV listing, no EPSS probability was supplied, and no public exploit or PoC reference appears in the input, so exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified and should not be assumed high. The flaw was self-reported by the vendor (Tanium) with a patch already available, which argues for coordinated disclosure rather than active abuse. One data-quality tension: the 'Authentication Bypass' tag conflicts with the evidence - CWE-863 (incorrect authorization) plus PR:L means an already-authenticated low-privilege user over-reaches their permissions, which is an authorization/access-control defect, not an authentication bypass; treat the tag with caution. Net: a genuine but low-severity authenticated information-disclosure issue to remediate on a normal monthly cycle. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a valid low-privilege Tanium Comply account sends crafted requests over the network to resources the authorization logic should deny them, obtaining compliance information they are not entitled to see. No public exploit or PoC was identified in the available data, and the impact is limited to confidential data exposure (C:L) with no modification or disruption. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Tanium Comply builds 2.32 before 2.32.263, 2.35 before 2.35.323, and 2.37 before 2.37.326 enforce authorization incorrectly, allowing a low-privilege authenticated user with network access to read data outside their permitted scope. The flaw is rated CVSS 4.3 with confidentiality-only, low impact, and requires valid Comply credentials, so it is not exploitable without authentication; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and Tanium has released fixed builds.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Tanium Comply to 2.32.263, 2.35.323, or 2.37.326 depending on the deployed branch; these are the exact fixed builds listed in the affected-version data and referenced by Tanium advisory TAN-2026-073 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-073). No workaround or compensating control is described in the available sources, so the vendor update is the complete remediation path; the advisory should be consulted for build-specific installation guidance. Because the issue requires a valid low-privilege Comply account, exposure is bounded by existing account provisioning, but that does not substitute for applying the fixed build. Given the decision label of this_month and a moderate CVSS of 4.3 with no public exploit identified, scheduling the upgrade within the normal monthly patch cycle is consistent with the assessed priority.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tanium Comply is the compliance-assessment component of the Tanium endpoint management platform, used to evaluate endpoints against security configuration benchmarks. The underlying weakness is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): an access-control check does not properly restrict what a low-privilege account can reach. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) indicates the flaw is reachable over the network with low attack complexity, but requires an authenticated account at low privilege and yields only limited confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect. The specific Comply feature, endpoint, or configuration that fails the authorization check is not described in the available sources, so the exact trigger is unverified; the tags label the issue an authentication bypass, but the assessed vector and CWE describe an authorization/access-control failure rather than unauthenticated access.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Authenticated low-privilege user (PR:L) reaches the flaw over the network (AV:N) with no interaction; CWE-863 over-reach yields limited confidential data exposure only (C:L, I:N, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an improper access controls vulnerability in Comply.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
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