CVE-2026-40952: high-severity vulnerability in Absolute Security Secure Access
Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 0.1%
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.
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
Affected products
Absolute Security · Secure AccessRelated CVEs — Absolute Security Secure Access
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-49081MEDIUMInput validation vulnerability in the Secure Access prior to version 13.55EPSS 0.5%CVE-2025-49083HIGHData deserialization vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.56EPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-40957MEDIUMFrameable content vulnerability in the Secure Access server login pageEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-55402HIGHCVE-2026-55402EPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-33445HIGHMemory management vulnerability in Secure Access serversEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-116769CRITICALAuthentication bypass in Secure Access ServersEPSS 0.4%