CVE-2026-1224
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Tanium Discover Causes Denial of Service

Publication date: 2026-01-26

Last updated on: 2026-03-09

Assigner: Tanium

Description
Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Discover.
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Published
2026-01-26
Last Modified
2026-03-09
Generated
2026-06-16
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2026-01-26
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2026-1224
EUVD
EUVD-2026-4667
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Vendor Product Version / Range
tanium discover From 4.15 (inc) to 4.15.130 (exc)
tanium discover From 4.10.0 (inc) to 4.10.134 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-770 The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.
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Executive Summary

CVE-2026-1224 is an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the Tanium Discover module. It allows an authenticated user with Discover Locations Write permission to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by exhausting the resources of the Tanium Module Server. [1]

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by enabling a denial of service (DoS) attack against the Tanium Module Server, potentially causing service disruption due to resource exhaustion. This could affect availability of the Tanium Discover service. [1]

Mitigation Strategies

The immediate step to mitigate this vulnerability is to apply the available updates for Tanium Discover. Specifically, update to Update 20 (v4.10.134) or later for the 2024H2 release, Update 13 (v4.10.134) or later for the 2025H1 release, or Update 3 (v4.15.130) or later for the 2025H2 release. No other workarounds or mitigations are provided. [1]

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