---
id: "CVE-2026-116656"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-116656"]
title: "Tanium Enforce: uncontrolled resource consumption lets attackers exhaust resources"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.5
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["endpoint-management", "tanium", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-27T18:17:34+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T18:32:59+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T18:34:37+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116656", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T18:32:59+00:00"}]
---

# Tanium Enforce: uncontrolled resource consumption lets attackers exhaust resources

Tanium Enforce, a Tanium endpoint management component, has an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw. The sources do not say what input triggers it, so an attacker can at least degrade the service and possibly take it down.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Tanium Enforce version against the vendor advisory: unknown
- Check whether Enforce is deployed in your environment: unknown

## Fix

- Apply the Tanium patch or update that addresses CVE-2026-116656: unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T18:32:59+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116656

## From the sources

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Enforce.

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