Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privilege Discover user
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DeliveryInject unsanitized formula/markup into stored field
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ExploitVictim exports and opens generated output
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ExecutionInjected element interpreted in downstream app
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ImpactLimited availability impact on victim context
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization CSV injection prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated Discover account with low privileges (PR:L) sufficient to place attacker-controlled content into a field that Discover renders into exported/generated output, AND a second user who exports and opens that output in a downstream application that interprets formula elements (UI:R). Limiting factors: it is not remote-unauthenticated - the attacker needs valid credentials, the payload only acts when a victim opens the generated output, and the confirmed impact is restricted to low availability (C:N/I:N/A:L), so it is not a direct data-disclosure or code-execution primitive against Discover itself. The description does not name the specific Discover feature or output format affected, so the exact vulnerable export path should be confirmed with Tanium. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue by most signals, not a high-CVSS scare. The vendor CVSS base score is only 4.1 (medium-low). The vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L indicates an authenticated attacker (PR:L) who needs victim interaction (UI:R), with the only measured impact being low availability (A:L) and no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N). The scope-changed flag (S:C) is consistent with CWE-1236 (improper neutralization of formula elements in output, i.e. CSV/formula injection), where injected content executes in a downstream consumer such as a spreadsheet application rather than in Discover itself. No EPSS probability was supplied, there is no CISA KEV listing, and no proof-of-concept or exploit reference is present (the sole reference is the Tanium advisory). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', i.e. routine scheduled patching, not act_now or emergency. Note a signal conflict worth flagging: the input Tags include 'Information Disclosure', yet the CVSS vector sets C:N (no confidentiality impact) and the CWE points to formula/output injection rather than data disclosure - verify the actual impact with Tanium rather than treating this as a confidentiality issue. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privilege Tanium user injects unsanitized content (e.g. a formula element) into a field that Discover later includes in generated output; when another user exports and opens that output in an external application, the injected element is interpreted rather than displayed as text. No public exploit or PoC was identified, and exploitation requires that second user to open the crafted output (UI:R), limiting real-world reach. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Improper output sanitization in Tanium Discover lets an authenticated, low-privileged user plant attacker-controlled content in a field that Discover later renders into exported output, with the effect only materializing when a second user opens that output in a downstream application that interprets formula elements (PR:L, UI:R, S:C). The assessed vector rates only a low availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity effect, so the confirmed worst case is not a direct data-disclosure or code-execution primitive against Discover itself. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV entry are associated with this CVE at time of analysis, and the vuln.today priority label places it in the this_month remediation bucket rather than an emergency one.
RemediationAI
Tanium reports the flaw addressed and directs customers to advisory TAN-2026-084 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-084) as the remediation reference; the available data includes no explicit fixed version number, so the target build must be read from that advisory rather than assumed. No workaround or compensating control is stated in the supplied sources, and the independent assessment notes that the exact vulnerable export path should be confirmed with Tanium, since the issue only completes when a second user exports and opens the generated output in an application that interprets formula elements. Apply the vendor-referenced update and confirm with Tanium which Discover reports or export formats are in scope; no public exploit code or KEV-driven pressure was identified at time of analysis, and the vuln.today priority label is this_month.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root-cause class is CWE-1236, Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File - widely known as CSV or formula injection. Applications that write user-supplied strings into CSV or spreadsheet output without neutralizing leading '=', '+', '-', '@' or tab/carriage-return characters allow the consuming spreadsheet application to interpret those strings as formulas. Here the susceptible component is Tanium Discover's output-rendering and export path, and the CVSS scope-change flag (S:C) reflects that the payload's effect lands in the downstream application that opens the export rather than in Discover itself, consistent with the assessed C:N/I:N/A:L vector. Neither the CVE description nor the single supplied reference identifies the specific Discover feature, report, or export format involved, and the CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:discover:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* carries wildcard version fields, so no bounded affected version range is confirmed from the available data. The trigger conditions beyond 'content rendered into exported output and opened downstream' are not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Authenticated injector (PR:L) over the network needs a victim to open generated output (UI:R); CWE-1236 output injection affects a downstream component (S:C) with only the vendor-stated low availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).
CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Tanium addressed an improper output sanitization vulnerability in Discover.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
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