CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Description
The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.
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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-38 · CAPEC-471
CVEs mapped to this weakness (1,213)
page 41 of 61| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-1636 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Apr 15, 2026 | A potential DLL hijacking vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Service Bridge that, under certain conditions, could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges. | ||
| CVE-2026-40031 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Apr 8, 2026 | MemProcFS before 5.17 contains multiple unsafe library-loading patterns that enable DLL and shared-library hijacking across six attack surfaces, including bare-name LoadLibraryU and dlopen calls without path qualification for vmmpyc, libMSCompression, and plugin DLLs. An… | ||
| CVE-2026-28728 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Apr 2, 2026 | Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 42902. | ||
| CVE-2026-27774 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Apr 2, 2026 | Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 42902. | ||
| CVE-2026-5271 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Apr 1, 2026 | pymanager included the current working directory in sys.path meaning modules could be shadowed by modules in the current working directory. As a result, if a user executes a pymanager-generated command (e.g., pip, pytest) from an attacker-controlled directory, a malicious… | ||
| CVE-2026-34054 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Mar 31, 2026 | vcpkg is a free and open-source C/C++ package manager. Prior to version 3.6.1#3, vcpkg's Windows builds of OpenSSL set openssldir to a path on the build machine, making that path be attackable later on customer machines. This issue has been patched in version 3.6.1#3. | ||
| CVE-2026-22270 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Mar 4, 2026 | Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions prior to 9.10.1.6 and versions 9.11.0.0 through 9.12.0.1, contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service,… | ||
| CVE-2026-3091 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Feb 24, 2026 | An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Synology Presto Client before 2.1.3-0672 allows local users to read or write arbitrary files and conduct denial-of-service during installation by placing a malicious DLL in advance in the same directory as the installer. | ||
| CVE-2026-2492 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Feb 20, 2026 | TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TensorFlow. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code… | ||
| CVE-2025-32452 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncontrolled search path for some AI Playground before version 2.6.1 beta within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege.… | ||
| CVE-2025-20106 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncontrolled search path in some software installer for some VTune(TM) Profiler software and Intel(R) oneAPI Base Toolkits before version 2025.0. within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined… | ||
| CVE-2025-33231 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jan 20, 2026 | NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled search path element by exploiting insecure DLL search paths. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code… | ||
| CVE-2025-14625 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jan 7, 2026 | Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules), Altera Quartus Prime Lite on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 19.1… | ||
| CVE-2025-14605 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jan 7, 2026 | Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro on Windows (System Console modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 17.0 through 25.1.1. | ||
| CVE-2025-14599 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jan 7, 2026 | Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime… | ||
| CVE-2025-14596 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Jan 7, 2026 | Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1. | ||
| CVE-2025-14405 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.00 | Dec 23, 2025 | PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows phyiscally-present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. An attacker must first obtain the ability to mount a malicious… | ||
| CVE-2025-53000 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Dec 17, 2025 | The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. Versions of nbconvert up to and including 7.16.6 on Windows have a vulnerability in which converting a notebook containing SVG output to a PDF results in unauthorized… | ||
| CVE-2025-13670 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Dec 12, 2025 | The High Level Synthesis Compiler i++ command for Windows is vulnerable to a DLL planting vulnerability | ||
| CVE-2025-13669 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Dec 12, 2025 | Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera High Level Synthesis Compiler on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects High Level Synthesis Compiler: from 19.1 through 24.3. |
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
A potential DLL hijacking vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Service Bridge that, under certain conditions, could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges.
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.00
MemProcFS before 5.17 contains multiple unsafe library-loading patterns that enable DLL and shared-library hijacking across six attack surfaces, including bare-name LoadLibraryU and dlopen calls without path qualification for vmmpyc, libMSCompression, and plugin DLLs. An…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 42902.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 42902.
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.00
pymanager included the current working directory in sys.path meaning modules could be shadowed by modules in the current working directory. As a result, if a user executes a pymanager-generated command (e.g., pip, pytest) from an attacker-controlled directory, a malicious…
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.01
vcpkg is a free and open-source C/C++ package manager. Prior to version 3.6.1#3, vcpkg's Windows builds of OpenSSL set openssldir to a path on the build machine, making that path be attackable later on customer machines. This issue has been patched in version 3.6.1#3.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Dell PowerScale OneFS, versions prior to 9.10.1.6 and versions 9.11.0.0 through 9.12.0.1, contains an uncontrolled search path element vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to denial of service,…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability in Synology Presto Client before 2.1.3-0672 allows local users to read or write arbitrary files and conduct denial-of-service during installation by placing a malicious DLL in advance in the same directory as the installer.
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.00
TensorFlow HDF5 Library Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TensorFlow. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled search path for some AI Playground before version 2.6.1 beta within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege.…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled search path in some software installer for some VTune(TM) Profiler software and Intel(R) oneAPI Base Toolkits before version 2025.0. within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
NVIDIA Nsight Systems for Windows contains a vulnerability in the application’s DLL loading mechanism where an attacker could cause an uncontrolled search path element by exploiting insecure DLL search paths. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules), Altera Quartus Prime Lite on Windows (Nios II Command Shell modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 19.1…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro on Windows (System Console modules) allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 17.0 through 25.1.1.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Standard Installer (SFX) on Windows, Altera Quartus Prime Lite Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Standard: from 23.1 through 24.1; Quartus Prime…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera Quartus Prime Pro Installer (SFX) on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects Quartus Prime Pro: from 24.1 through 24.3.1.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.00
PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows phyiscally-present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. An attacker must first obtain the ability to mount a malicious…
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.00
The nbconvert tool, jupyter nbconvert, converts Jupyter notebooks to various other formats via Jinja templates. Versions of nbconvert up to and including 7.16.6 on Windows have a vulnerability in which converting a notebook containing SVG output to a PDF results in unauthorized…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
The High Level Synthesis Compiler i++ command for Windows is vulnerable to a DLL planting vulnerability
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in Altera High Level Synthesis Compiler on Windows allows Search Order Hijacking.This issue affects High Level Synthesis Compiler: from 19.1 through 24.3.