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title: "CVE-2026-97714: Secure Access - Authentication Denial of Service"
description: "Secure Access servers < 14.60 contain a denial of service vulnerability caused by malformed response handling in the authentication sub-system, letting attackers cause persistent denial of service remotely, exploit requires network access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97714/
---

# CVE-2026-97714 Secure Access - Authentication Denial of Service

Secure Access servers < 14.60 contain a denial of service vulnerability caused by malformed response handling in the authentication sub-system, letting attackers cause persistent denial of service remotely, exploit requires network access.

CVSS base score 8.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.25% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97714)

## Details

Type

Authentication Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS 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/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

7 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 14.60 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-2026-97714](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97714)
- [https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-97714---8-2-high](https://www.absolute.com/platform/security-information/vulnerability-archive/cve-2026-97714---8-2-high)

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