High severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2026· Updated Aug 18, 2026
CVE-2026-40145
CVE-2026-40145
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.
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