---
id: "CVE-2026-116659"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-116659"]
title: "Tanium Enforce: uncontrolled resource consumption lets requests exhaust resources"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["tanium", "tanium-enforce", "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: "2026-10-27T18:35:00+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116659", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T18:32:59+00:00"}]
---

# Tanium Enforce: uncontrolled resource consumption lets requests exhaust resources

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in its Enforce product. The sources do not say what input triggers it, so an attacker's exact capability is unknown beyond exhausting resources.

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

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- Apply the Tanium Enforce update that Tanium published for this issue (version unknown from the sources)
- Check the Tanium advisory for the fixed version

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T18:32:59+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116659

## From the sources

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Enforce.

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