CVE-2026-40145 (GCVE-0-2026-40145)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 16:29 – Updated: 2026-08-17 18:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Control protections bypass in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) support utility
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the interaction between a Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows Deployment) support utility and the agent's tamper protection controls. Under certain conditions, the protections applied to the utility process may not be enforced as intended.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-17 18:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1220 - Insufficient granularity of access control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeyondTrust | Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) |
Affected:
0 , < 26.1.2
(cpe)
|
guessed |
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