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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 21, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026

CVE-2026-5789

CVE-2026-5789

Description

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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  • Civetweb Project/Civetweb2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:civetweb_project:civetweb:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:civetweb_project:civetweb:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 1.16

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