CVE-2026-5789 (GCVE-0-2026-5789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-21 14:22
Modified
2026-04-21 19:27
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-428 - Unquoted search path or element
Summary
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.
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