{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40144 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-40144 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments), published on 17 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40144 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-40144 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments), published on 17 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40144 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40144/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40144/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40144","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40144/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40144","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-5qm2-5273-p7p4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint Privilege Management","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can exploit memory corruption in the kernel component to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on Windows systems.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"BT","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.3,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-125","name":"Out-of-bounds Read"}],"description":"A memory-corruption vulnerability exists in a kernel-mode component of BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments) prior to version 26.1.2. Insufficient validation of input processed by the component may result in memory being accessed outside its intended bounds.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Memory corruption vulnerability in Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments)","id":"CVE-2026-40144","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Control protections bypass in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) support utility","id":"CVE-2026-40145"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"High-Severity Vulnerability In Web Application Component of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access","id":"CVE-2026-40141"},"products":["Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployments)"],"published":"2026-08-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["BeyondTrust"]},"summary":"Attackers can exploit memory corruption in the kernel component to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on Windows systems.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40144/"}