CVE-2026-5789 PUBLISHED

Search path without quotes in CivetWeb

Assigner: INCIBE
Reserved: 08.04.2026 Published: 21.04.2026 Updated: 21.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor CivetWeb
Product CivetWeb
Versions Default: unaffected
  • Version 1.16 is affected

Solutions

No solution has been reported yet.

Credits

  • Rafael Pedrero finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-428 Unquoted search path or element CWE