CVE-2026-11617: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in Tanium Findings
CVE-2026-11617 is a low-severity vulnerability in Tanium Findings involving improper handling of highly compressed data, also known as a compression bomb. This flaw can cause data amplification leading to denial of service conditions. Tanium has addressed this issue in updated versions of the Findings product.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability concerns Tanium Findings improperly handling highly compressed data inputs, which can result in data amplification effects similar to a compression bomb attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.1, indicating low severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and only availability impact. Affected versions include >=1.2 <1.2.95, >=1.4 <1.4.105, and specifically versions 1.2 and 1.4. There are no known exploits in the wild. Tanium has addressed this vulnerability, implying patches or fixed versions are available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause availability impact by triggering denial of service conditions through data amplification when processing highly compressed data. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact reported. No known active exploitation has been observed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Since Tanium has addressed the vulnerability, users should upgrade to versions later than 1.2.95 and 1.4.105 to mitigate this issue. No additional vendor advisory content is provided, so check Tanium's official resources for the exact fixed versions and patch details.
CVE-2026-11617: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in Tanium Findings
Description
CVE-2026-11617 is a low-severity vulnerability in Tanium Findings involving improper handling of highly compressed data, also known as a compression bomb. This flaw can cause data amplification leading to denial of service conditions. Tanium has addressed this issue in updated versions of the Findings product.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.1low
Affected software
Tanium
Findings
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability concerns Tanium Findings improperly handling highly compressed data inputs, which can result in data amplification effects similar to a compression bomb attack. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.1, indicating low severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and only availability impact. Affected versions include >=1.2 <1.2.95, >=1.4 <1.4.105, and specifically versions 1.2 and 1.4. There are no known exploits in the wild. Tanium has addressed this vulnerability, implying patches or fixed versions are available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause availability impact by triggering denial of service conditions through data amplification when processing highly compressed data. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact reported. No known active exploitation has been observed.
Mitigation Recommendations
Since Tanium has addressed the vulnerability, users should upgrade to versions later than 1.2.95 and 1.4.105 to mitigate this issue. No additional vendor advisory content is provided, so check Tanium's official resources for the exact fixed versions and patch details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Tanium
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-08T19:10:04.883Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a861eacacd9273b49a4129c
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 21:22:52 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 07:20:03 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 07:01:40 UTC
Views: 92
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