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CVE-2026-40952

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:b268b57a8e780af04320152ace5a343d9a6ae927e8ea4d6500ce5f75ebe364a6
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Secure Access","vendor":"Absolute Security","versions":[{"lessThan":"14.55","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"server"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:660617e0aeb2184417a5357585b42539c6141d835bd57c72e80135d4305cd46d · sha256:3c3b12fac1783488… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:660617e0aeb2184417a5357585b42539c6141d835bd57c72e80135d4305cd46d · sha256:3c3b12fac1783488… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-276","description":"CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:660617e0aeb2184417a5357585b42539c6141d835bd57c72e80135d4305cd46d · sha256:3c3b12fac1783488… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"url":"https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40952"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:660617e0aeb2184417a5357585b42539c6141d835bd57c72e80135d4305cd46d · sha256:3c3b12fac1783488… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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