CVE-2026-5789

HIGH

Search path without quotes in CivetWeb

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (2)
CivetWeb/CivetWeb 1.16
civetweb_project/civetweb 1.16
Published Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 21, 2026