Permissions bypass in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54

published 2025-05-28 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16358

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

CVE-2025-27702 is a vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54. Attackers with administrative access to the console and who have been assigned a certain set of permissions can bypass those permissions to improperly modify settings. The attack complexity is low, there are no preexisting attack requirements; the privileges required are high, and there is no user interaction required. There is no impact to system confidentiality or availability, impact to system integrity is high.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Absolute Security Secure Access 13.54

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-28)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

Absolute Security Secure Access

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

absolute.com /platform/vulnerability-archive/cve-2025-27702
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-27702
NVD CVE-2025-27702

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Summary