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Tanium Data Service EUVDEUVD-2026-74546

| CVE-2026-14505 MEDIUM
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-09-09 Tanium GHSA-r665-rwh7-rw45
6.6
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
    Obtain highly privileged Tanium credentials
  2. Delivery
    Identify Data Service API endpoint
  3. Exploit
    Craft path traversal payload
  4. Execution
    Send request to Tanium Data Service
  5. Persist
    Access or write files outside intended directory
  6. Impact
    Achieve data exfiltration or persistence

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires: (1) network access to the Tanium Data Service (AV:N), (2) a highly privileged account or session within the Tanium platform (PR:H) - standard end-user or read-only credentials are insufficient, and (3) high attack complexity conditions (AC:H), implying additional prerequisites such as specific service state, race conditions, or configuration that are not detailed in the sparse vendor description. Limiting factors: the PR:H requirement restricts exploitation to Tanium admins, compromised privileged service accounts, or attackers who have already achieved deep foothold; AC:H further reduces the ease of exploitation. The vulnerability does not appear to be exploitable by unauthenticated or low-privilege network users against default Tanium deployments.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.6 reflects a meaningful tension in the vector metrics: impact is maximal (C:H/I:H/A:H), suggesting potential for full file system compromise within scope, but this is substantially constrained by AC:H (high attack complexity) and PR:H (high privileges required). In practice, an attacker must already hold highly privileged access to the Tanium environment and satisfy additional attack complexity conditions - effectively narrowing the realistic threat actor pool to insider threats, compromised privileged accounts, or attackers who have already achieved significant foothold. EPSS data is not provided, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, nor is a public proof-of-concept known. The real-world priority for most organizations should be moderate: patch promptly as part of routine maintenance, but this does not represent an emergency requiring immediate out-of-band response unless the Tanium environment has unusually broad privileged access exposure. The brief vendor description provides minimal technical detail, making independent impact verification difficult.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A highly privileged Tanium administrator or a threat actor who has compromised such an account sends a crafted request to the Tanium Data Service containing a path traversal sequence (e.g., '../../../etc/passwd' or similar), causing the service to access files outside its intended working directory. With high complexity requirements, the attacker may also need to satisfy specific timing or configuration preconditions. No public proof-of-concept code is known at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 09, 2026

Path traversal in Tanium Data Service 4.2 prior to build 4.2.345 allows a highly privileged, remote-authenticated attacker to read, write, or otherwise manipulate files outside the application's intended directory scope. Tanium addressed this in their security advisory TAN-2026-044 with a patch to build 4.2.345. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Tanium Data Service to build 4.2.345 or later per Tanium security advisory TAN-2026-044 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-044). This is the primary and confirmed fix. As a compensating control pending upgrade, restrict network access to the Tanium Data Service API to only the minimum required trusted hosts and Tanium Zone Servers, reducing the attack surface for any network-accessible path traversal endpoint. Additionally, audit and enforce the principle of least privilege for Tanium administrative accounts, as exploitation requires PR:H - reducing the number of highly privileged accounts limits potential misuse. Note that the vendor description is terse and does not specify which API endpoint or feature triggers the traversal, so full compensating control effectiveness cannot be guaranteed without additional vendor clarification.

Affected VersionsENISA

Tanium Data Service 4.2 <4.2.345

Affected Packages

euvd tanium_data_service fix: 4.2.345

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Tanium Data Service is a backend component of the Tanium endpoint management and security platform, responsible for data ingestion and aggregation from managed endpoints across enterprise environments. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), commonly known as path traversal. This class of flaw occurs when user-supplied input containing sequences such as '../' or absolute paths is not properly sanitized before being used in file system operations, allowing an attacker to reference files outside the intended working directory. The affected product is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:tanium_data_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with versions in the 4.2 branch below 4.2.345.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Tanium) PRIMARY 6.6 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 6.6 MEDIUM

Aligns with vendor vector: high privileges and complexity constrain exploitation; C/I/A:H reflect full file system impact within scope.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).

CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium

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

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Sep 09, 2026 - 03:02 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

Tanium addressed a path traversal vulnerability in Tanium Data Service.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise endpoint management platform, large org deployments only
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.3%
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

33
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +33
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.

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