CVE-2026-40953 (GCVE-0-2026-40953)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-15 19:40 – Updated: 2026-07-16 13:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap overflow in Secure Access clients
Summary
CVE-2026-40953 is a heap overflow in the
certificate parsing function of Secure Access clients prior to 14.55. Attackers
with local access and administrator permissions can create a denial of service
attack against the client over which they have control.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-16 13:15 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Security | Secure Access |
Affected:
0 , < 14.55
(Client)
|
guessed |
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