CVE-2025-27703Network attack vector

Administrative privilege expansion via undisclosed permission error

Published May 28, 2025 · Updated May 28, 2025

Privilege escalation in Absolute Secure Access before 13.54 allows remote authenticated users to access additional console features. Absolute Security has not published the affected console function or the permission-preservation error that expands the assigned feature set. The gate is administrative access to a specific subset of privileged console features, after which additional console permissions become available.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.30%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Absolute Secure Access before 13.54 allows remote authenticated users to access additional console features. Absolute Security has not published the affected console function or the permission-preservation error that expands the assigned feature set. The gate is administrative access to a specific subset of privileged console features, after which additional console permissions become available.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-27703
Published
May 28, 2025
Updated
May 28, 2025
Vendor
Absolute Security
Product
Absolute Secure Access
Classifications
CWE-281, T1068
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <13.54

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Absolute Security · Absolute Secure Accessversion=0 <13.54

Published CVSS scores

6.0NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
7.0NetMotion SoftwareCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-281Improper Preservation of Permissions
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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