CVE-2026-5789

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5789
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5789.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-5789
Downstream
Published
2026-04-21T14:22:05.872Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:47.714136821Z
Severity
  • 8.5 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 Calculator
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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "1.16"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "1.16"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/5xxx/CVE-2026-5789.json",
    "cna_assigner": "INCIBE",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-428"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/civetweb/civetweb

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb
Events
Introduced
d7ba35bbb649209c66e582d5a0244ba988a15159
Last affected
d7ba35bbb649209c66e582d5a0244ba988a15159
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:civetweb_project:civetweb:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.16"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.16"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.16
v1.*
v1.16

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-5789.json"