---
title: "CVE-2026-116768: Secure Access - Denial of Service"
description: "Secure Access servers < 14.61 contain a denial of service caused by missing length validation, letting authenticated attackers cause persistent service disruption when connecting for the first time."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-116768/
---

# CVE-2026-116768 Secure Access - Denial of Service

Secure Access servers < 14.61 contain a denial of service caused by missing length validation, letting authenticated attackers cause persistent service disruption when connecting for the first time.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116768)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/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

Published

2 November 2026

Updated

3 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 14.61 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116768](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116768)
- [https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-116768](https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-116768)

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