Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows - CVE-2026-40145
Published: August 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144323
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-40145
CWE-ID: CWE-1220
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to bypass the product's anti-tamper protection.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient granularity of access control in the interaction between a support utility and the agent's tamper protection controls when the utility process protections are not enforced as intended. A local privileged user can influence the support utility process to bypass the product's anti-tamper protection.
Exploitation requires local access, an existing elevated process context, and additional preconditions on the endpoint.
Affected software
Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows
How to mitigate CVE-2026-40145
Install security update from vendor's website.
Endpoint Privilege Management for Windows - update to 26.1.2