CVE-2026-40952 (GCVE-0-2026-40952)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-15 19:32
Modified
2026-07-16 13:06
Summary
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.
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