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Tanium Threat Response EUVDEUVD-2026-116539

| CVE-2026-116646 MEDIUM
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)
2026-11-03 Tanium
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Tanium
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privilege credentials
  2. Exploit
    Send resource-intensive requests to Threat Response
  3. Execution
    Exhaust service resources
  4. Impact
    Degrade availability of Threat Response

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
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

The attacker must possess valid low-privilege authentication to the Tanium Threat Response service, as indicated by PR:L in the CVSS vector; this is not a pre-authentication flaw. The description does not name the exact feature, protocol, API, or configuration that triggers the uncontrolled resource consumption, so the precise trigger is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: required authentication (even if low-privilege), impact confined to availability (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity effect, and no public exploit to lower the barrier to abuse. Exposure is further bounded to environments running Tanium Threat Response reachable over the network by authenticated principals.

Impact

This is a low-to-moderate priority issue, not an emergency. The CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium) and the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L shows the only impact is a low hit to availability (A:L) with no confidentiality or integrity consequences - consistent with the CWE-770 uncontrolled resource consumption / denial-of-service classification. Exploitation is network-reachable and low-complexity but requires existing low-privilege authentication (PR:L), so it is not a pre-auth remote DoS. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', indicating a routine-patch cadence rather than act_now/emergency. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit were provided; the single reference is the Tanium vendor advisory (TAN-2026-097), not exploit code. There is no conflicting signal here - all sources point the same direction: a self-reported, vendor-disclosed, authenticated availability bug of limited scope. The main missing data are EPSS probability and any confirmed fixed-version string, which the advisory URL likely contains but is not reproduced in the provided input.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who already holds valid low-privilege credentials to the Tanium Threat Response service sends requests over the network that cause the component to consume excessive resources, degrading or interrupting its availability for legitimate users. The specific trigger is not described in the available sources, and no public proof-of-concept or exploit code was provided. Because only availability is affected (A:L) and authentication is required, this is a degradation-of-service nuisance rather than a path to data theft or code execution.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Tanium Threat Response lets a network-positioned user who already holds valid low-privilege credentials exhaust service resources and degrade availability, scored CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) with availability as the only impacted property. The flaw is rated this_month under the vuln.today priority decision, reflecting low-to-moderate urgency rather than an emergency: authentication is a hard prerequisite (PR:L, so this is not a pre-authentication flaw), there is no confidentiality or integrity impact, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. There is no CISA KEV listing, and the description does not name the specific feature, API, or protocol that triggers the resource exhaustion.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis, and no fixed version number is enumerated in the supplied data; the authoritative remediation guidance is the Tanium advisory at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-097, which should be consulted directly for the fixed release and any version-specific upgrade path before planning the change. Because authentication is a confirmed prerequisite (PR:L in the assessed vector), the most direct compensating control is to restrict which accounts hold even low-privilege roles in Threat Response and to review role assignments for unnecessary breadth - the trade-off is reduced operational flexibility for analysts who legitimately need those permissions. In parallel, limit network reachability to the Threat Response service to trusted management networks and known administrative hosts rather than leaving it broadly reachable, accepting the trade-off that distributed or remote administration paths may need explicit allow-listing. Monitor the service for resource exhaustion symptoms and repeated high-cost requests from single authenticated principals, since detection rather than prevention may be the only viable interim measure until the vendor fix is applied; note that the supplied sources do not describe a vendor-sanctioned configuration workaround, so any such change should be validated against the advisory and vendor support first.

Affected VersionsENISA

Threat Response 4.17 <4.17.333
Threat Response 4.9 <4.9.480
Threat Response 4.12 <4.12.353

Affected Packages

euvd threat_response fix: 4.9.480, 4.12.353, 4.17.333

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The issue is classified as CWE-770, Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling, meaning a component of Tanium Threat Response accepts work or allocates objects without an effective cap or rate limit, so a caller can drive consumption beyond what the service can sustain. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:tanium:threat_response:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies Tanium Threat Response itself as the affected product with an unbounded version wildcard, so the data available here does not scope the flaw to a specific release line; the vendor advisory TAN-2026-097 should be treated as the authoritative version scoping. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L indicates the attack surface is network-reachable and requires no user interaction, but requires the attacker to already hold low-privilege authenticated access; impact stays within the same security scope and is limited to availability. The available sources do not describe the exact endpoint, query pattern, or configuration that triggers the excessive allocation, so the trigger is not described in the available sources and the mechanism should not be assumed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Tanium) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable (AV:N) and low-complexity (AC:L) but needs low-privilege authentication (PR:L); CWE-770 DoS yields availability-only impact (A:L) with no C/I effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).

CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Nov 03, 2026 - 23:19 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Threat Response.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Medium
enterprise EDR platform, common in large orgs but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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