CVE-2026-40952 PUBLISHED

Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers

Assigner: Absolute
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 15.07.2026 Updated: 16.07.2026

CVE-2026-40952 is a privilege misconfiguration in the Secure Access installer for the Windows client and server prior to version 14.55. Attackers with local access to the client or server can use it to elevate privileges to Administrator when Secure Access is installed in a non-default location.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor Absolute Security
Product Secure Access
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 14.55 (excl.)

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