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GHSA-8PCF-2R89-JJR2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-13 18:31 – Updated: 2026-09-04 21:31

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CVE-2026-55401 is a null dereference vulnerability on the load-balancing sub-system of Secure Access servers prior to 14.57. Attackers can send an unauthenticated packet to a Secure Access server with load balancing enabled, which results in the internal load balancer crashing. After a successful attack, the Secure Access server is still able to accept connections and is still able to issue a failover to connected clients. ‍ https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-55401 (GCVE-0-2026-55401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 16:11 – Updated: 2026-08-13 19:03

Summary

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-13 19:03 UTC

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

Absolute mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-inform…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Absolute Security	Secure Access	Affected: 0 , < 14.57 (Server)

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