Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-15316

Tanium Module Server 7.4.6 – 7.4.6.1151

Published
09 February 2026
Modified
09 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0012 3th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-15316 is a medium-severity Argument Injection (CWE-88) vulnerability in Tanium Module Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2025-15316 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tanium Server. Tanium addressed the issue, which is classified under CWE-88 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-09.

An attacker with local access and existing high privileges (PR:H) on the affected system can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact consequences, including unauthorized access to confidential data (C:H), modification of system integrity (I:H), and disruption of availability (A:H), effectively allowing full privilege escalation from the attacker's privileged position.

Tanium's security advisory TAN-2025-011 at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2025-011 provides details on mitigation and patching instructions for the vulnerability.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Tanium addressed a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tanium Server.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2025-15317Same product: Tanium Server
CVE-2025-15322Same product: Tanium Server
CVE-2026-9207Same vendor: Tanium
CVE-2026-9208Same vendor: Tanium
CVE-2025-12556Shared CWE-88
CVE-2024-3367Shared CWE-88

Affected Assets

tanium
module server
7.4.6 — 7.4.6.1151 · 7.5.6 — 7.5.6.1161 · 7.6.2 — 7.6.2.1293
tanium
server
7.4.6 — 7.4.6.1151 · 7.5.6 — 7.5.6.1161 · 7.6.2 — 7.6.2.1293

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing can discover argument-injection flaws in command-construction code but does not stop their introduction.

Input validation directly stops construction of command strings containing unneutralized delimiters or injected arguments.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper input validation and command construction to prevent argument injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect argument injection but does not prevent it at the source.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent argument injection.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit rules for safe command-line argument handling and escaping.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe command invocation patterns and favor safer APIs.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require proper neutralization of command arguments, directly eliminating CWE-88.

none

Change management can catch unsafe command patterns during reviews but is not a direct mitigation.

References