Description
CVE-2026-55401 is a null dereference vulnerability on the load-balancing
sub-system of Secure Access servers prior to 14.57. Attackers can send
an unauthenticated packet to a Secure Access server with load balancing
enabled, which results in the internal load balancer crashing. After a
successful attack, the Secure Access server is still able to accept
connections and is still able to issue a failover to connected clients. ‍ https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Title Null Dereference Vulnerability in Secure Access Load Balancer
Weaknesses CWE-476

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description CVE-2026-55401 is a null dereference vulnerability on the load-balancing sub-system of Secure Access servers prior to 14.57. Attackers can send an unauthenticated packet to a Secure Access server with load balancing enabled, which results in the internal load balancer crashing. After a successful attack, the Secure Access server is still able to accept connections and is still able to issue a failover to connected clients. ‍ https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Absolute

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-13T19:03:32.732Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T21:26:37.698Z

Link: CVE-2026-55401

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T19:03:10.042Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T16:18:07.867

Modified: 2026-08-13T16:18:07.867

Link: CVE-2026-55401

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T17:30:07Z

Weaknesses