CVE-2026-40952 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00105.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40952

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-276
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
References		https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40952
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, '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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Absolute

Published: 2026-07-15T19:32:58.728Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T13:06:21.115Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T00:19:03.573Z

Link: CVE-2026-40952

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T13:06:16.488Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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