CVE-2026-0518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CVE-2026-0518 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions of Secure Access prior to 14.20. An attacker with administrative privileges can interfere with another administrator’s use of the console.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

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-2026-0518

History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		CVE-2026-0518 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions of Secure Access prior to 14.20. An attacker with administrative privileges can interfere with another administrator’s use of the console.
Title		XSS in Secure Access Consoles prior to 14.20
References		https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-0518
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Absolute

Published: 2026-01-17T01:09:29.268Z

Updated: 2026-01-20T18:37:15.079Z

Reserved: 2025-12-12T17:25:32.054Z

Link: CVE-2026-0518

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-20T18:37:08.590Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-17T02:15:49.470

Modified: 2026-01-20T19:15:49.910

Link: CVE-2026-0518

Redhat

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