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Tanium Enforce EUVDEUVD-2026-111266

| CVE-2026-116656 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-27 Tanium GHSA-ppxq-6v87-gmqh
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Tanium
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach network-exposed Enforce service
  2. Delivery
    Send crafted or excessive requests
  3. Exploit
    Trigger uncontrolled resource consumption
  4. Execution
    Exhaust CPU/memory resources
  5. Impact
    Deny service availability

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The description states only that the flaw is an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in Tanium Enforce; it does not name the specific feature, protocol, request type, or configuration that triggers it, so the exact precondition is not described in the available sources. The CVSS vector indicates no special configuration, privileges, or user interaction (AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) and network reachability (AV:N), implying exploitation against a reachable Enforce instance; however, because Enforce is an endpoint-management console typically deployed inside a managed enterprise perimeter, practical exposure is limited by network reachability of the service, and the unauthenticated nature should be confirmed against the vendor advisory. Impact is limited to availability only (C:N/I:N) - no data disclosure or modification. Remediation requires upgrading to Enforce 2.9.736, 2.10.778, or 3.0.373 or later per the affected branch.

Impact

This is a CWE-400 uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in Tanium Enforce scored CVSS 7.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - a network-reachable, low-complexity condition requiring no privileges or user interaction, with impact confined entirely to availability (C:N/I:N). The 7.5 score is driven solely by the denial-of-service impact; there is no confidentiality or integrity exposure, so this is a service-disruption risk rather than a compromise risk. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC reference was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the real-world urgency therefore rests on the vendor's own priority signal rather than observed attacker activity. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week,' indicating a prompt-but-not-emergency remediation posture, which is consistent with a no-auth network DoS that lacks any exploitation evidence. One caveat: the CVSS vector asserts PR:N (unauthenticated), but the description gives no detail on whether reaching the vulnerable Enforce function requires an authenticated session typical of an endpoint-management console - this should be verified with the vendor advisory (TAN-2026-071). EPSS being absent (not low) means exploitation probability is simply unquantified here, not that it is negligible.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker sends specially crafted or high-volume requests to the network-exposed Tanium Enforce service, triggering uncontrolled consumption of a resource (CPU, memory, or similar) and exhausting it. This degrades or crashes the Enforce service, denying availability to legitimate endpoint-policy operations. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and the exact trigger is not described in the available sources.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026

Uncontrolled resource consumption in Tanium Enforce allows remote attackers to degrade or exhaust service availability across the 2.9, 2.10, and 3.0 branches, rated CVSS 7.5 with availability-only impact (C:N/I:N/A:H). The assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring no privileges or user interaction, though the vendor description does not name the specific feature, protocol, or request type that triggers the exhaustion, and practical exposure is bounded by network reachability of an endpoint-management console normally deployed inside a managed enterprise perimeter. Vendor patches are available in Enforce 2.9.736, 2.10.778, and 3.0.373; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and no EPSS or KEV data was supplied.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Tanium Enforce to 2.9.736, 2.10.778, or 3.0.373 (or later) according to the deployed branch, as documented in Tanium advisory TAN-2026-071 (https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-071). No workaround, feature disablement, or compensating control is specified in the available sources, so no alternative mitigation can be stated with confidence beyond limiting network reachability of the Enforce service to trusted management segments and monitoring for resource-exhaustion symptoms while patching proceeds. Priority is this_week per the vuln.today decision label; no KEV listing or public exploit code was reported, so scheduling should follow normal change windows rather than emergency response.

Affected VersionsENISA

Enforce 2.10 <2.10.778
Enforce 3.0 <3.0.373
Enforce 2.9 <2.9.736

Affected Packages

euvd enforce fix: 2.9.736, 2.10.778, 3.0.373

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) is the root-cause class: the software does not properly limit or throttle a resource it allocates - memory, threads, connection or session state, queue depth, or CPU - so that a request pattern drives consumption past what the deployment can sustain, producing denial of service. The affected component is Tanium Enforce, the policy and endpoint-configuration enforcement module of the Tanium platform, tracked under CPE cpe:2.3:a:tanium:enforce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* and carrying the tags Denial Of Service, Enforce, and Tanium. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H places the flaw on the network attack surface with low attack complexity and no privilege or interaction prerequisite, and confines consequences to availability - the confidentiality and integrity impacts are explicitly none and scope is unchanged. Because the sources do not identify the vulnerable endpoint, API path, or payload shape, the exact trigger and any version- or configuration-dependent behavior remain unverified; only the branch-level version ranges (Enforce 2.9 < 2.9.736, 2.10 < 2.10.778, 3.0 < 3.0.373) are confirmed as affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Tanium) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Network-reachable DoS with no stated privilege or interaction requirement yields AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; impact is availability-only (A:H, C:N/I:N) for a resource-exhaustion flaw.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Tanium).

CVSS VectorVendor: Tanium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 27, 2026 - 18:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 27, 2026 - 17:35 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Enforce.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Tanium Enforce versions 2.9, 2.10, and 3.0 contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to degrade or exhaust service availability. Although network-accessible and low-complexity, the lack of public exploit code and the internal deployment context limit immediate risk. Leadership should prioritize patching to maintain endpoint management uptime and avoid operational disruptions.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
enterprise endpoint-management module, deployed in security-conscious orgs but not everywhere
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.4%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
Medium

Priority Score

38
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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