CVE-2025-54085 Privilege escalation in Secure Access
Administrators with specific permissions can bypass restrictions to read or modify other settings in the Absolute Secure Access management console.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-54085?
CVE-2025-54085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access, published on 30 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CVE-2025-54085 is a vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.56. Attackers with administrative access to the console and who have been assigned a certain set of permissions can bypass those permissions to improperly read or change other settings. The attack complexity is low, there are no preexisting attack requirements; the privileges required are high, and there is no user interaction required. The impact to system confidentiality and integrity is low, there is no impact to system availability.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54085?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Absolute Secure Access.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54085?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54085 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54085 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54085 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Absolute Secure Access
- CVE-2026-55402 Denial of service in Secure Access
- CVE-2026-33445 Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers
- CVE-2025-49080 Memory management vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access server versions 9.0 to 13.54
- CVE-2026-40952 Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
- CVE-2026-33451 Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p82v-f8g6-gh2j.