SB2026051288 - Two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Ivanti Secure Access Client for Windows

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-7431)

CWE-ID: CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to read or modify sensitive log data.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in a shared memory section when accessing sensitive log data. A local user can read from or write to the shared memory section to read or modify sensitive log data.

2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-7432)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in Ivanti Secure Access Client when handling concurrent operations. A local user can trigger the race condition to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://hub.ivanti.com/s/article/May-2026-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-CVE-2026-7431-CVE-2026-7432?language=en_US
• https://hub.ivanti.com/s/article/May-2026-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Secure-Access-Client-CVE-2026-7431-CVE-2026-7432