Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50

published 2026-04-30 6 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-26423

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Absolute Software Secure Access 14.50

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 6 mo ago (2026-05-01)

Exploit prediction

0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	8.5	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Absolute Software Secure Access

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

absolute.com /platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-33451
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-33451
NVD CVE-2026-33451

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Summary