{"id":"CVE-2026-5789","summary":"Search path without quotes in CivetWeb","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-08T08:13:47.714136821Z","published":"2026-04-21T14:22:05.872Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5789.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-428"],"unresolved_ranges":[{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"1.16"},{"last_affected":"1.16"}]}],"cna_assigner":"INCIBE"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5789.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5789"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/search-path-without-quotes-civetweb"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb","events":[{"introduced":"d7ba35bbb649209c66e582d5a0244ba988a15159"},{"last_affected":"d7ba35bbb649209c66e582d5a0244ba988a15159"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_STRING","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"1.16"},{"last_affected":"1.16"}],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:civetweb_project:civetweb:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["1.16","v1.16"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5789.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}