CVE-2026-97714 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CVE-2026-97714 is a is a vulnerability in the authentication sub-system of Secure Access servers prior to version 14.60. Attackers can send a malformed response during authentication and cause a persistent denial of service.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Absolute	Secure Access

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-97714---8-2-high

History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Absolute Absolute secure Access
Vendors & Products		Absolute Absolute secure Access

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-20 CWE-400

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		CVE-2026-97714 is a is a vulnerability in the authentication sub-system of Secure Access servers prior to version 14.60. Attackers can send a malformed response during authentication and cause a persistent denial of service.
Title		Denial of service vulnerability in Secure Access
References		https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-97714---8-2-high
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Absolute

Published: 2026-10-07T19:20:14.565Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:36:26.296Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T22:30:33.466Z

Link: CVE-2026-97714

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T20:36:22.315Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T20:17:15.893

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:11:22.920

Link: CVE-2026-97714

Redhat

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