CVE-2026-5789

HIGH

7.8

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.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.17.8

SeveriteHIGH

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vecteur d'attaqueLOCAL

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisLOW

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie4/21/2026

Derniere modification4/22/2026

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

civetweb_project:civetweb

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-428

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/search-path-without-quotes-civetweb(cve-coordination@incibe.es)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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