CVE-2026-15640 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00278.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Delinea

Secret Server (On-Prem)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.5.0`	affected	≤ 12.1.3

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to secret server version 12.2.7 or later

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://delinea.com/security-advisories

History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Under certain conditions a valid SAML IdP response may be used to impersonate another Secret Server user.
Title		Authentication Bypass via SAML Response Manipulation
Weaknesses		CWE-290
References		https://delinea.com/security-advisories
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Delinea

Published: 2026-09-15T23:22:15.196Z

Updated: 2026-09-16T19:37:42.603Z

Reserved: 2026-07-13T18:18:24.315Z

Link: CVE-2026-15640

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T19:37:38.782Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T00:17:03.577

Modified: 2026-09-16T20:17:21.333

Link: CVE-2026-15640

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T18:15:15Z

Weaknesses

CWE-290

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