# CVE-2026-116662: Tanium Enforce compression bomb denial of service

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-116662-tanium-addressed-a-compression-bomb-vulnerability-in-enforce  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-27. Updated: 2026-10-27  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-116662 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-10-27

Tanium Enforce is a compliance and security management system that helps organizations manage endpoint policies and configurations. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user with no special permissions to crash the Enforce service by uploading a malicious compressed file, causing a denial of service that disrupts security policy enforcement across the organization.

Technologies: [Tanium Enforce](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/enforce). Vendors: [Tanium](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/tanium).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-116662 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116662 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-116662?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 27 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Tanium Enforce 2.9 to 2.9.736 (2025H1), 2.10 to 2.10.778 (2025H2), 3.0 to 3.0.373 (2026H1).

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116662?** Yes: fixed in Enforce 2.9.736 (2025H1 Update 26), 2.10.778 (2025H2 Update 16), 3.0.373 (2026H1 Update 9). Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-116662 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-116662?** Check whether you run Tanium Enforce at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- Fixed in Enforce 2.9.736 (2025H1 Update 26), 2.10.778 (2025H2 Update 16), 3.0.373 (2026H1 Update 9)

## Technical details

A compression bomb vulnerability in Tanium Enforce allows an authenticated attacker with no permissions to trigger a denial of service by submitting specially crafted compressed data. The attack requires network access and valid authentication credentials but no elevated privileges. Successful exploitation causes the Enforce service to become unavailable.

## Affected products

- Tanium Enforce 2.9 to 2.9.736 (2025H1), 2.10 to 2.10.778 (2025H2), 3.0 to 3.0.373 (2026H1)

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27: advisory: Tanium security bulletin TAN-2026-059 published

## References

- [https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-059](https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-059)

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