CVE-2026-5789

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
CivetWebCivetWeb1.16affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-428: CWE-428 Unquoted search path or element

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References