High severity · published Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-40145
Control protections bypass in BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) support utility
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A 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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment) · BeyondTrust
before 26.1.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
EP
Endpoint Privilege Management (Windows deployment)
BeyondTrust
