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Tanium Interact EUVDEUVD-2026-24597

| CVE-2026-6416 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-04-22 Tanium GHSA-7fxx-2q9x-8wqf
4.9
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Authenticate as administrator
  2. Delivery
    Access network endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Send resource-intensive request
  4. Execution
    Exhaust system resources
  5. Impact
    Service becomes unavailable

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption 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

Exploitation requires high-privilege administrator authentication (PR:H per CVSS vector) to the Tanium Interact platform. No special product configuration or feature enablement is referenced in available data. The vulnerability is accessible via network (AV:N) without requiring user interaction (UI:N). The primary exploitation barrier is the requirement for valid high-privilege administrative credentials; unauthenticated remote attackers cannot trigger this vulnerability. This makes real-world exploitation unlikely in organizations maintaining proper credential hygiene and administrative access controls.

Impact

The real-world risk is low despite the Denial of Service classification. Multiple limiting factors significantly reduce exploitability: the CVSS vector requires PR:H (high-privilege authentication), meaning only administrators can trigger the vulnerability; AC:L indicates low attack complexity once authenticated, but authentication itself is a substantial barrier; no confidentiality or integrity impact (C:N/I:N) limits damage to service availability only; CVSS base score of 2.7 places this in the lowest severity tier. The absence of a public exploit, KEV listing, or vendor disclosure of active exploitation further suggests this is a theoretical risk rather than a practical threat. This is characteristic of a vulnerability that impacts operational resilience rather than security posture-relevant for SLA protection and availability engineering but not for breach prevention. Organizations should prioritize patching based on operational continuity requirements, not perceived external threat.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated administrator with high-level privileges on the Tanium Interact platform sends a crafted network request to a resource-intensive endpoint, exhausting system resources and causing the service to become unresponsive to legitimate requests, resulting in temporary unavailability of endpoint management capabilities.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Apr 22, 2026

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Tanium Interact allows authenticated high-privilege administrators to trigger a denial of service condition through network-accessible endpoints. The vulnerability requires high-level administrative privileges (PR:H) and produces only availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity compromise. CVSS base score of 2.7 reflects the severe privilege barrier and limited impact scope.

RemediationAI

Consult Tanium security advisory TAN-2026-010 at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-010 for the specific patched version applicable to your deployment. Apply the vendor-released patch to all affected Tanium Interact instances once released versions are identified. Interim mitigation strategies include restricting network access to Interact management interfaces to trusted administrative networks only (network segmentation), implementing rate limiting on resource-intensive API endpoints if configurable within Interact administration panels, and monitoring resource consumption metrics (CPU, memory, disk) for anomalous spikes that could indicate exploitation attempts. These compensating controls preserve functionality while reducing the attack surface but do not address the underlying resource consumption flaw; patching remains the primary remediation path.

Affected VersionsENISA

Interact 3.8.0 <3.8.47
Interact 3.2.0 <3.2.202
Interact 3.5.0 <3.5.108

Affected Packages

euvd interact fix: 3.2.202, 3.5.108, 3.8.47

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Tanium Interact is a platform for endpoint management and orchestration. The vulnerability involves CWE-400 (uncontrolled resource consumption), a weakness where the application fails to properly limit resource allocation in response to requests. This typically manifests as insufficient input validation or rate limiting on resource-intensive operations accessible through network interfaces. The affected product uses CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:interact:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, indicating the vulnerability affects multiple versions of the Interact product line. Network-accessible endpoints (AV:N) combined with resource consumption flaws suggest the vulnerability may involve API endpoints, daemon services, or management interfaces exposed to network traffic.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Severity Changed
Oct 26, 2026 - 21:23 NVD
LOW MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Oct 26, 2026 - 21:23 NVD
2.7 (LOW) 4.9 (MEDIUM)
Patch released
Apr 22, 2026 - 21:23 nvd
Patch available
Patch available
Apr 22, 2026 - 05:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Apr 22, 2026 - 01:46 nvd
LOW 2.7

DescriptionNVD

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Interact.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 89% exploitable
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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 0.0%
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
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
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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