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CVE-2026-40952

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 42/100
Published: 2026-07-15 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
absolute secure_access < 14.55

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

42 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.5 / 10.0 v4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.14%
Raw Score 0.001370
Percentile 3.1%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00137
2026-10-28
0.00137

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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