Vulnerability · Published Jan 17, 2026 · Assigned by Absolute
CVE-2026-0517Denial of Service in Secure Access Servers Prior to 14.20.
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Secure Access from Absolute Security. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
CVE-2026-0517 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in versions of Secure Access Server prior to 14.20. An attacker can send a specially crafted packet to a server and cause the server to crash
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Absolute Security | Secure Access | 0 – before 14.20 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N