CVE-2026-55398 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CVE-2026-55398 is a memory management vulnerability in Secure Access clients and servers prior to 14.55. Attackers with intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol can create a non-persistent DoS against the server.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

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 0.00253.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-55398

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-119 CWE-400
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		CVE-2026-55398 is a memory management vulnerability in Secure Access clients and servers prior to 14.55. Attackers with intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol can create a non-persistent DoS against the server.
Title		Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access clients
References		https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-55398
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Absolute

Published: 2026-07-15T20:17:00.166Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T13:08:45.489Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T21:26:37.698Z

Link: CVE-2026-55398

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T13:08:41.543Z

NVD

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