What is CVE-2026-40951?

CVE-2026-40951 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure_access, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-40951?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Absolute Secure_access

CVE-2026-40951

CVE-2026-40951 is a memory corruption vulnerability on Secure Access Windows clients prior to 14.50. Attackers with local control of the Windows client can send malformed data to an API and trigger a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.000 (5.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Absolute Secure_access
Absolute Software Secure Access — versions 0
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

SecurityResponse@netmotionsoftware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40951?: CVE-2026-40951 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Absolute Secure_access, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-40951?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.