{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40952 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40952 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40952 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Absolute Secure Access. 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-2026-40952/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40952/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40952","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40952/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40952","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vj56-2hgh-hfqf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Secure Access client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can elevate privileges to Administrator if Secure Access is installed in a non-default location.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Absolute","cpe":[{"product":"secure_access","vendor":"absolute"}],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"}],"description":"CVE-2026-40952 is a privilege misconfiguration\nin the Secure Access installer for the Windows client and server prior to\nversion 14.55. Attackers with local access to the client or server can use it\nto elevate privileges to Administrator when Secure Access is installed in a\nnon-default location.","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":"Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers","id":"CVE-2026-40952","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"absolute:secure_access","products":["absolute:secure_access"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Heap overflow in Secure Access clients","id":"CVE-2026-40953"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Secure Access Windows clients prior to 14.50","id":"CVE-2026-40951"},"products":["Secure Access"],"published":"2026-07-15","related":[{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Denial of service in Secure Access","id":"CVE-2026-55402","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-13"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers","id":"CVE-2026-33445","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-15"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Memory management vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access server versions 9.0 to 13.54","id":"CVE-2025-49080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-12"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50","id":"CVE-2026-33451","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-30"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Denial of service in Secure Access","id":"CVE-2025-59595","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-11-04"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Memory management error in Secure Access servers prior to 14.55","id":"CVE-2026-33443","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"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":"2026-07-16","vendors":["Absolute Security"]},"summary":"Local attackers can elevate privileges to Administrator if Secure Access is installed in a non-default location.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40952/"}