Elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.56
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Absolute Security Secure Access 13.56.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Absolute Security Secure Access 13.56 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
CVE-2025-54085 is a vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.56. Attackers with administrative access to the console and who have been assigned a certain set of permissions can bypass those permissions to improperly read or change other settings. The attack complexity is low, there are no preexisting attack requirements; the privileges required are high, and there is no user interaction required. The impact to system confidentiality and integrity is low, there is no impact to system availability.
- Published
- Jul 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 11th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-276
Report tools
Action score
20
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Absolute
- 5.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | secure access | cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- absolute secure accessbefore 13.56
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Absolute). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Absolute Security Secure Access
- before 13.56affected · Server
Same product
absolute: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-55402CVE-2026-55402 is an out of bounds read vulnerability in Secure Access
servers prior to version 14.57.34Monitor
- CVE-2026-33445Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers34Monitor
- CVE-2026-40952Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers34Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-49083Jul 30, 2025 · Data deserialization vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.5628Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-49084Jul 30, 2025 · Elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.5621Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-54086Oct 2, 2025 · Excess Permissions in Warehouse21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute Security Secure Access | 13.56 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-40952350 days apartPrivilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers34Monitor
- CVE-2025-490840 days apartElevation of privilege vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.5621Monitor
- CVE-2025-5408664 days apartExcess Permissions in Warehouse21Monitor
- CVE-2025-490820 days apartPermissions bypass vulnerability in the Secure Access administrative console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.5620Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default PermissionsCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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-secondary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.