CVE-2026-75476: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in Tanium Threat Response
CVE-2026-75476 is a low-severity vulnerability in Tanium Threat Response involving improper handling of highly compressed data, also known as a compression bomb. This flaw can lead to data amplification issues causing availability impact. Tanium has addressed this vulnerability in specific versions of Threat Response.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability CVE-2026-75476 in Tanium Threat Response is due to improper handling of highly compressed data, which can cause data amplification effects. This may result in denial of service conditions affecting availability. The CVSS score is 3.1, indicating low severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability only. The affected versions include 4.9, 4.12, and 4.17 series prior to fixed versions.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to availability degradation (denial of service) due to data amplification from processing highly compressed data. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact reported. No known exploits are in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Tanium Threat Response versions 4.9.437 and later, 4.12.308 and later, and 4.17.277 and later. Users should upgrade to these fixed versions to remediate the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-75476: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in Tanium Threat Response
Description
CVE-2026-75476 is a low-severity vulnerability in Tanium Threat Response involving improper handling of highly compressed data, also known as a compression bomb. This flaw can lead to data amplification issues causing availability impact. Tanium has addressed this vulnerability in specific versions of Threat Response.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.1low
Affected software
Tanium
Threat Response
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2026-75476 in Tanium Threat Response is due to improper handling of highly compressed data, which can cause data amplification effects. This may result in denial of service conditions affecting availability. The CVSS score is 3.1, indicating low severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability only. The affected versions include 4.9, 4.12, and 4.17 series prior to fixed versions.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to availability degradation (denial of service) due to data amplification from processing highly compressed data. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact reported. No known exploits are in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Tanium Threat Response versions 4.9.437 and later, 4.12.308 and later, and 4.17.277 and later. Users should upgrade to these fixed versions to remediate the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Tanium
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-17T19:56:29.605Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a861eacacd9273b49a412a2
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 21:22:52 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 07:19:47 UTC
Last updated: 10/03/2026, 02:46:06 UTC
Views: 83
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