Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to Tanium Enforce (PR:L)
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ExploitSend requests triggering uncontrolled resource consumption
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ExecutionExhaust/degrade Enforce resources
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ImpactPartial availability loss (A:L)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated session to Tanium Enforce (CVSS PR:L), so exploitation is limited to actors who already hold valid access to the Enforce component - it is not remote-unauthenticated. The specific feature, request, or configuration that triggers the uncontrolled resource consumption is not described in the available sources. Exploitation is further limited by impact scope: only availability is affected (A:L), with no confidentiality or integrity consequence, and only the Enforce component is in scope (S:U). Affected deployments are those running Enforce below the fixed builds 3.0.373, 2.9.736, or 2.10.778; patched instances are not exploitable. Updating to a fixed version is the remediation stated by the vendor. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite a NETWORK attack vector. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) scores 4.3 (MEDIUM) and the only impact is low availability (A:L) - no confidentiality or integrity loss. PR:L means an attacker must already be authenticated to the Enforce component, which substantially limits the exploit population to users who already have some legitimate access. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public PoC or exploit reference in the supplied data, so all three exploitation-likelihood signals are either absent or negative. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', not 'act_now' or 'emergency', which is consistent with a modest, authenticated, availability-only defect. The signals are internally consistent - there is no conflict between a high CVSS and low real risk here, because the CVSS itself is only medium. The main caveat is mechanism: the description ('uncontrolled resource consumption', CWE-770) does not state how the resource exhaustion is triggered, so the exact request or operation that causes the DoS is not described in the available sources. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated user with access to Tanium Enforce sends requests or input that cause unbounded resource consumption (CWE-770), degrading or exhausting availability of the Enforce component. The specific trigger is not described in the available sources. No public exploit code or PoC reference was provided, and the impact is limited to availability (A:L), so this is a degradation-of-service scenario rather than remote code execution or data exposure. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw (CWE-770) in Tanium Enforce lets an authenticated user drive the Enforce component into resource exhaustion, degrading only the availability of that component. Deployments running Enforce 3.0 before 3.0.373, 2.9 before 2.9.736, or 2.10 before 2.10.778 are affected; patched builds are not exploitable. The CVSS score is 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L), reflecting a low-impact, availability-only issue that requires a valid Enforce session - no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV).
RemediationAI
Tanium has released fixes for every affected branch: upgrade Enforce to 3.0.373, 2.9.736 or 2.10.778 (or later within the respective branch), following the vendor advisory at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-077. Updating to a fixed build is the remediation stated by the vendor and the only complete fix identified in the available sources; no separate workaround is documented. Because exploitation requires an authenticated Enforce session (PR:L), exposure is bounded by whoever currently holds Enforce credentials, so reviewing and trimming Enforce accounts to the operators who genuinely need them limits the pool of potential abusers while patching is scheduled - this is a scoping measure, not a substitute for the upgrade. The issue is availability-only (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity consequence, and the vendor priority is this_month rather than immediate.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-770, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, meaning some Enforce operation can consume memory, CPU, disk or other finite resources without an effective cap. In this case the consequence is confined to availability (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity impact, and the scope remains unchanged (S:U), so the effect is expected to stay within the Enforce component rather than spreading to other Tanium modules. The CVSS vector places the attack vector at NETWORK with low attack complexity and low privileges (PR:L, no user interaction), so a party who already holds a valid Enforce session can reach the vulnerable path remotely. The specific feature, request or configuration that triggers the uncontrolled consumption is not described in the available sources, so the precise mechanism cannot be characterised beyond the resource-exhaustion class; deployments below the fixed builds are in scope, and patched instances are not exploitable.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Authenticated access to Enforce (PR:L) over the network with no user interaction; impact is availability-only (A:L), with no confidentiality or integrity effect and no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Enforce.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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