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CVE-2026-5789

Vulnerability related to an unquoted search path in CivetWeb v1.16. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory that is scanned before the intended application path (C:\Program Files\CivetWeb\CivetWeb.exe --), due to the absence of quotes in the service configuration.

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3fabb0cbcc66fbf08f814a0d4719261aa8790cd86dc4a323903f909c5901c459

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"CivetWeb","vendor":"CivetWeb","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"1.16"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIG…

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-428","description":"CWE-428 Unquoted search path or element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

1 source assertion

{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/search-path-without-quotes-civetweb"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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