CVE-2026-6416
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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Tanium Interact Causes Denial of Service

Publication date: 2026-04-22

Last updated on: 2026-05-06

Assigner: Tanium

Description
Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Interact.

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Published
2026-04-22
Last Modified
2026-05-06
Generated
2026-07-26
AI Q&A
2026-04-22
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-25
NVD
CVE-2026-6416
EUVD
EUVD-2026-24597

Affected Vendors & Products

Showing 3 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
tanium interact From 3.2.0 (inc) to 3.2.202 (exc)
tanium interact From 3.5.0 (inc) to 3.5.108 (exc)
tanium interact From 3.8.0 (inc) to 3.8.47 (exc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-400 The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

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Executive Summary

CVE-2026-6416 is an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Tanium Interact. It allows an authenticated user with the "Write Filter Group" permission to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by exhausting system resources on the Interact workbench.

This vulnerability has a low severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 2.7.

Detection Guidance

There is no specific information provided about detection methods or commands to identify this vulnerability on your network or system.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can impact you by enabling a denial of service (DoS) attack on the Tanium Interact workbench. An attacker with the required permissions can exhaust system resources, potentially causing the service to become unavailable or degraded.

This could disrupt normal operations and affect availability of the Interact platform.

Compliance Impact

The provided information does not specify any direct impact of this vulnerability on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

Mitigation Strategies

The vulnerability can be mitigated by applying the available updates to Tanium Interact.

  • Update to Update 23 (v3.2.202) or later for the 2024H2 release.
  • Update to Update 17 (v3.5.108) or later for the 2025H1 release.
  • Update to Update 7 (v3.8.47) or later for the 2025H2 release.

No workarounds or other mitigations are provided.

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