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CVE-2026-0517 (GCVE-0-2026-0517)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-17 01:04 – Updated: 2026-01-20 18:34
VLAI
Title
Denial of Service in Secure Access Servers Prior to 14.20.
Summary
CVE-2026-0517 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in versions of Secure Access Server prior to 14.20. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to a server and cause the server to crash
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-20 18:33 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Absolute Security Secure Access Affected: 0 , < 14.20 (Server)
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