Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-5789

CivetWeb CivetWeb

Search path without quotes in CivetWeb

CVSS 4.0
8.5High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.5High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (INCIBE) 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

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
CivetWeb CivetWeb 1.16 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2026-04-21
Last updated
2026-04-21
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
INCIBE

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.13%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
3.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-428
    Unquoted search path or element