CVE-2026-2435

Medium

Published: 20 February 2026

Published

20 February 2026

Modified

27 February 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0001 3.2th percentile

Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-2435 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Tanium Asset. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 3.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190).

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in network-accessible Asset component directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Tanium addressed a SQL injection vulnerability in Asset.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2026-2435 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting the Asset component in Tanium software. Published on 2026-02-20, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and requirements for low privileges but no user interaction.

An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network. Exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, allowing potential unauthorized access, modification, or disruption of data through SQL injection techniques.

Tanium has addressed the vulnerability, as detailed in advisory TAN-2026-004 available at https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-004, which provides information on patches and mitigation.