Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-40144 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40144 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-40144?
- Informational severity, published 17 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management prior to 26.1.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40144?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-40144 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-40144?
- Check whether you run BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A memory-corruption vulnerability exists in a kernel-mode component of BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management on Windows. The flaw is caused by insufficient validation of input processed by the component, resulting in out-of-bounds memory access. The vulnerability affects versions prior to 26.1.2 and requires local access to trigger. An attacker with local system access could exploit this to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve code execution at kernel privilege level. A fix is available in version 26.1.2 and later.
Affected products
- BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management prior to 26.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-08-17: disclosed