HighCVENVD — high/critical CVEs (rolling 7d)· 21 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-5789 — Vulnerability related to an unquoted search path in CivetWeb v1.16. This vulner…

Severity: High · Kind: Vulnerability

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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.

Vulnerability facts

CVE
CVE-2026-5789
CVSS
7.8

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