CVE-2026-40955

CVE-2026-40955 is an integer underflow vulnerability in the traffic parsing function of Secure Access clients prior to 14.55. Attackers with intimate knowledge of and total control over the tunnel protocol can create a non-persistent DoS against their client.

CVSS v3 3.7 LOW

3.7^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40955	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Jul 2026, 02:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access::::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 3.7
First Time		Absolute secure Access Absolute
References	~~() https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40955 -~~	() https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-40955 - Vendor Advisory
CWE		CWE-191

15 Jul 2026, 20:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-15 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-16 14:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-40955

Mitre link : CVE-2026-40955

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40955

JSON object : View

Products Affected

absolute

secure_access

CWE

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

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