Description
Tanium addressed a denial of service vulnerability in Enforce.
Published: 2026-10-27
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Tanium reported a denial‑of‑service issue in its Enforce product. The flaw permits an attacker to make the Enforce service crash or become unresponsive, interrupting normal operations. The problem is a NULL pointer dereference (CWE‑476). No direct data or code execution capabilities are provided to the attacker.

Affected Systems

All versions of Tanium Enforce are potentially affected. No specific affected versions are listed, so any installed instance of Enforce should be verified against vendor advisories.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates moderate severity. The EPSS score is unavailable, so exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, implying no confirmed public exploits. The description does not detail the attack vector, but it is inferred that sending malformed data to Enforce could trigger the crash, suggesting remote possibility if the service is exposed to untrusted networks.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 27, 2026 at 18:33 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Tanium Enforce patch or upgrade to the newest release.
  • Restrict network access to the Enforce service to trusted IP ranges or segments.
  • Monitor Enforce service logs and resource utilization for abnormal activity, and restart the service if it becomes unresponsive.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 27, 2026 at 18:33 UTC.

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Advisories

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References
History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tanium
Tanium enforce
Vendors & Products Tanium
Tanium enforce

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Tanium addressed a denial of service vulnerability in Enforce.
Title Tanium addressed a denial of service vulnerability in Enforce.
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Tanium

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-27T17:35:23.506Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T19:15:07.239Z

Link: CVE-2026-116658

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-27T18:17:34.737

Modified: 2026-10-27T18:17:34.737

Link: CVE-2026-116658

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T19:15:07Z

Weaknesses