CVE-2025-15316 Tanium addressed a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tanium Server.
Medium 6.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15316 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-15316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanium Server, published on 9 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Tanium Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15316/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15316/index.md)
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tanium Server allows attackers to gain elevated privileges on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15316?
CVE-2025-15316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanium Server, published on 9 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tanium addressed a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Tanium Server.
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15316?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Tanium Module Server, Tanium Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-15316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-15316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tanium Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-886m-2w3q-hf34.