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Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in SecureAge CatchPulse up to 10.9.3. The affected element is an unknown function in the library saappctl.sys of the component Driver. Such manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 10.10.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-07-12 | Published 2026-07-12 | Updated 2026-07-14 | Assigner VulDB




HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
6.8AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Product status

10.9.0
affected

10.9.1
affected

10.9.2
affected

10.9.3
affected

10.10.0
unaffected

Timeline

2026-06-29:Countermeasure disclosed
2026-07-12:Advisory disclosed
2026-07-12:VulDB entry created
2026-07-14:VulDB entry last update

Credits

Jordan Higgins finder

Jordanhiggins (VulDB User) reporter

Jordanhiggins (VulDB User) analyst

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/377835 (VDB-377835 | SecureAge CatchPulse Driver saappctl.sys heap-based overflow) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/377835/cti (VDB-377835 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15506 (CVE-2026-15506 | CVE Analysis and Report) third-party-advisory

vuldb.com/submit/845584 (Submit #845584 | SecureAge Technology CatchPulse <10.9.3 Heap-based Buffer Overflow) third-party-advisory

jordanhiggins.blog/catchpulse-antivirus-exploits/ broken-link exploit

github.com/Kalagious/SecureAgeExploit exploit

youtu.be/xZqRVWlrah8 media-coverage

cve.org (CVE-2026-15506)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-15506)

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