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.
History

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Search path without quotes in CivetWeb
Weaknesses CWE-428
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: INCIBE

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-21T14:32:09.961Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T12:34:46.460Z

Link: CVE-2026-5789

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-21T15:16:37.713

Modified: 2026-04-21T16:20:24.180

Link: CVE-2026-5789

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