CVE-2026-33451 (GCVE-0-2026-33451)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-30 20:08
Modified
2026-05-01 14:36
Summary
CVE-2026-33451 is an arbitrary read/write vulnerability in the Secure Access Windows client prior to 14.50. Attackers with local control of the Windows client can send malformed data to an API and elevate their level of privilege to system.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Absolute Software Secure Access Version: 0   < 14.50
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