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GHSA-3M9Q-37CM-V3J6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-08-17 18:31

Details

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

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-40145 (GCVE-0-2026-40145)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 16:29 – Updated: 2026-08-17 18:17

Title

Control protections bypass in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) support utility

Summary

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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

BT mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40145
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
BeyondTrust	Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment)	Affected: 0 , < 26.1.2 (cpe)

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GHSA-3M9Q-37CM-V3J6

CVE-2026-40145 (GCVE-0-2026-40145)

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