CVE-2026-40952

Absolute Security Secure AccessVulnerabilityCVSS 8.5

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.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-40952 Absolute Security Secure Access Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 4.0 : 8.5 HIGH · CVSS 3.1 : 7.8 HIGH

Attack vectorLocal

Attack complexityLow

Attack requirementsNone

Privileges requiredLow

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Subsequent confidentialityLow

Subsequent integrityNone

Subsequent availabilityNone

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

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Published 2026-07-15 · updated 2026-07-27 · source: NVD