TI-2025-20497 Aliases CVE-2025-27703 GHSA-c3vv-fgcp-2m26

Privilege escalation in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54

LOW 31CWE-281Published 2025-05-28 · Updated 2025-05-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · High · Low
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

CVE-2025-27703 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54. Attackers with administrative access to a specific subset of privileged features in the console can elevate their permissions to access additional features in the console. 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 is low, the impact to system integrity is high and the impact to system availability is low.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00311 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Secure Access (Absolute Security): 13.54

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Absolute Security	Secure Access	before 13.54	13.54	Patch available	CNA

Secure Access VendorAbsolute Security Affected before 13.54 Fixed in 13.54 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access::::::::	before 13.54	Vulnerable	Absolute Security

cpe:2.3:a:absolute:secure_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.54 Vulnerable ·Absolute Security

Remediation

Fix · CNA Secure Access (Absolute Security) Fixed in 13.54

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-05-28
Absolute Security Secure Access 13.54
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-20496 Permissions bypass in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54Priority LOW 30
- TI-2025-20500 Cross-site scripting in Absolute Security Secure AccessPriority LOW 21
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27703
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3vv-fgcp-2m26

References

Advisory 1

https://www.absolute.com/platform/vulnerability-archive/cve-2025-27703

TI-2026-25841 Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-39972 Out-of-bounds read in Absolute Security Secure Access CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-29603 Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2026-25847 Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
TI-2025-31193 Memory management vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access server versions 9.0 to 13.54 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-39971 NULL pointer dereference in Absolute Security Secure Access CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9

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Sources

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