CVE-2026-40952 Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
Local attackers can elevate privileges to Administrator if Secure Access is installed in a non-default location.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-40952?
CVE-2026-40952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access, published on 15 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-40952?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Absolute Secure Access.
How do I fix CVE-2026-40952?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-40952 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40952 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-2026-33451 Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50
- CVE-2025-59595 Denial of service in Secure Access
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vj56-2hgh-hfqf.