CVE-2025-15337 Tanium addressed an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Patch.
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15337 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-15337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanium Patch, published on 5 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15337 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Tanium Patch. 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-2025-15337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15337/index.md)
Attackers can exploit incorrect default permissions in Tanium Patch to escalate privileges or bypass security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-15337?
CVE-2025-15337 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tanium Patch, published on 5 Feb 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Tanium addressed an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Patch.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15337?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tanium Patch.
How do I fix CVE-2025-15337?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-15337 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15337 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tanium Patch
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j8rw-2xf7-6q9w.