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CVE-2026-5789
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-04-21T15:16:37.713 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:59:39.007

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 products

civetweb_project — civetweb

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