Control protections bypass in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) support utility

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-40145
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerBT
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-17 17:16:39 UTC
Updated2026-08-18 15:04:46 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability exists in the interaction between a Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows Deployment) support utility and the agent's tamper protection controls. Under certain conditions, the protections applied to the utility process may not be enforced as intended.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.1 HIGH from 13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891

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

EPSS: 0.001080000 probability, percentile 0.013680000 (date 2026-08-18)

Problem Types: CWE-1220 | CWE-1220 CWE-1220 Insufficient granularity of access control

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.013061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management Windows Deployment affected 26.1.2 cpe Windows

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40145 13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891 nvd.nist.gov
www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt26-04 13061848-ea10-403d-bd75-c83a022c2891 www.beyondtrust.com
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