CVE-2026-40952: Absolute Secure Access

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Absolute Secure Access: before 14.55 (fixed in 14.55)

Published 2026-07-15. Last modified 2026-07-16.