CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-40953
CVE-2026-40953 is a heap overflow in the
certificate parsing function of Secure Access clients prior to 14.55. Attackers
with local access and administrator permissions can create a denial of service
attack against the client over which they have control.
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":"Client"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"…
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7838646fc3fb7f77f7fb16d982ad41df71647db842bd0684c4e01d5e45123e7 · sha256:a0e434b5c1e52b61… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-787","description":"CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7838646fc3fb7f77f7fb16d982ad41df71647db842bd0684c4e01d5e45123e7 · sha256:a0e434b5c1e52b61… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40953"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7838646fc3fb7f77f7fb16d982ad41df71647db842bd0684c4e01d5e45123e7 · sha256:a0e434b5c1e52b61… · /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.