CWE-426— Untrusted Search Path
The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.— MITRE CWE catalog
751 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
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- CVE-2022-0074HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-10-27
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies OpenLiteSpeed Web Server and LiteSpeed Web Server Container allows Privilege Escalation. This affects versions from 1.6.15 before 1.7.16.1.
- CVE-2017-20123HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-06-30
A vulnerability was found in Viscosity 1.6.7. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DLL Handler. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. T…
- CVE-2022-26183HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82022-03-21
PNPM v6.15.1 and below was discovered to contain an untrusted search path which causes the application to behave in unexpected ways when users execute PNPM commands in a directory containing malicious content. This vulnerability occurs whe…
- CVE-2021-41387HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-09-17
seatd-launch in seatd 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows privilege escalation because it uses execlp and may be installed setuid root.
- CVE-2021-28249HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82021-03-26
CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Privilege Escalation via a Dynamically Linked Shared Object Library. To exploit the vulnerability, the ehealth user must create a malicious library in the writable RPATH, to be…
- CVE-2019-13637HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82019-07-17
In LogMeIn join.me before 3.16.0.5505, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system. This vulnerability is due to unsafe search paths used by the application URI that is defined in Windows. An attacker could exploit th…
- CVE-2019-11351HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82019-04-19
TeamSpeak 3 Client before 3.2.5 allows remote code execution in the Qt framework.
- CVE-2018-10904HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82018-09-04
It was found that glusterfs server does not properly sanitize file paths in the "trusted.io-stats-dump" extended attribute which is used by the "debug/io-stats" translator. Attacker can use this flaw to create files and execute arbitrary c…
- CVE-2018-6513HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82018-06-11
Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prio…
- CVE-2017-2207HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-06-09
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of SaAT Personal ver.1.0.10.272 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- CVE-2017-2206HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-06-09
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of SaAT Netizen ver.1.2.10.510 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- CVE-2017-2178HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-06-09
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of electronic tendering and bid opening system available prior to May 25, 2017 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- CVE-2017-2177HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-06-09
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Installer of Shogyo Touki Denshi Ninsho Software Ver 1.7 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
- CVE-2017-2149HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-04-28
Untrusted search path vulnerability in installers of the software for SDHC/SDXC Memory Card with embedded NFC functionality Software Update Tool V1.00.03 and earlier, SDHC Memory Card with embedded wireless LAN functionality FlashAir Confi…
- CVE-2016-1417HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82017-01-23
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Snort 2.9.7.0-WIN32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse tcapi.dll that is located in the same folder on a remote file share as a pcap…
- CVE-2026-68492HIGHCVSS 8.7EG 8.72026-09-23
An untrusted search path vulnerability in Plesk from 18.0.34 before 18.0.80.8 and 18.0.81 before 18.0.81.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as root via the "Plesk RESTful API" extension from 2.4.2 before 2.4.7.
- CVE-2026-48395HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62026-07-28
Bridge is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitation of this iss…
- CVE-2026-48275HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62026-07-14
Illustrator is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious…
- CVE-2026-27290HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62026-04-14
Adobe Framemaker versions 2022.8 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate cr…
- CVE-2026-21333HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62026-03-10
Illustrator versions 29.8.4, 30.1 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interact…
- CVE-2026-21280HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62026-01-13
Illustrator versions 29.8.3, 30.0 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. If the application uses a search path to locate critical…
- CVE-2023-26358HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62023-03-22
Creative Cloud version 5.9.1 (and earlier) is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the a…
- CVE-2023-23618HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62023-02-14
Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, when `gitk` is run on Windows, it potentially runs executables from the current directory inadvertently, which can be exploite…
- CVE-2022-41953HIGHCVSS 8.6EG 8.62023-01-17
Git GUI is a convenient graphical tool that comes with Git for Windows. Its target audience is users who are uncomfortable with using Git on the command-line. Git GUI has a function to clone repositories. Immediately after the local clone …
- CVE-2026-106505HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-10-06
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. Prior to 1.14.6 and 1.15.4, the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-node package is affected by bypass of mkdocs configuration sanitizer in techdocs backend. Users with the ability to c…
- CVE-2026-84226HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52026-09-07
OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.22 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7.6 on Windows allows local authenticated users to perform a binary planting attack during network configuration steps
- CVE-2025-4971HIGHCVSS 8.5EG 8.52025-05-20
Broadcom Automic Automation Agent Unix versions < 24.3.0 HF4 and < 21.0.13 HF1 allow low privileged users who have execution rights on the agent executable to escalate their privileges.
- CVE-2026-104809HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-10-05
DigitalCanion has discovered a vulnerability that allows an attacker to cause the system to load an attacker-controlled .so file instead of the expected legitimate module. The loading mechanism relies on a predictable module name without a…
- CVE-2026-82862HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-08-31
Hulumi versions before v1.3.2 resolve the threat-model helper script from an unsafe root, allowing workspace files to shadow the intended helper script. Attackers can place malicious files in the workspace to execute arbitrary code during …
- CVE-2026-47211HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-05-29
Ouroboros is a local-first runtime for AI coding agents that records their actions and applies user-defined policies to constrain behavior. In versions prior to 0.39.0, if a user clones a malicious repository and runs Ouroboros commands wi…
- CVE-2026-40287HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42026-04-14
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Versions 4.5.138 and below are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through automatic, unsanitized import of a tools.py file from the current working directory. Components including call.py (impor…
- CVE-2025-0141HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-07-09
An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ App on enables a locally authenticated non administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Win…
- CVE-2025-49124HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-06-16
Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in Apache Tomcat installer for Windows. During installation, the Tomcat installer for Windows used icacls.exe without specifying a full path. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.…
- CVE-2024-48123HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42025-01-15
An issue in the USB Autorun function of HI-SCAN 6040i Hitrax HX-03-19-I allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted script from a USB device.
- CVE-2023-36538HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42023-07-11
Improper access control in Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2022-39245HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42022-09-26
Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided `sudo` binary via the `PATH` variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permission…
- CVE-2018-1802HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42018-11-09
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege user full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a ma…
- CVE-2018-1487HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42018-07-10
IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5 and 11.1 binaries load shared libraries from an untrusted path potentially giving low privilege users full access to the DB2 instance account by loading a ma…
- CVE-2017-2214HIGHCVSS 8.4EG 8.42017-06-09
Untrusted search path vulnerability in AppCheck and AppCheck Pro prior to version 2.0.1.15 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted executable file in an unspecified directory.
- CVE-2025-59489HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 8.42025-10-03
Unity Runtime before 2025-10-02 on Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux allows argument injection that can result in loading of library code from an unintended location. If an application was built with a version of Unity Editor that had the…
- CVE-2026-48391HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22026-07-28
Bridge is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. Exploitati…
- CVE-2024-24810HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22024-02-07
WiX toolset lets developers create installers for Windows Installer, the Windows installation engine. The .be TEMP folder is vulnerable to DLL redirection attacks that allow the attacker to escalate privileges. This impacts any installer b…
- CVE-2023-36536HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22023-07-11
Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2023-34119HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22023-07-11
Insecure temporary file in the installer for Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 5.15.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2022-31012HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22022-07-12
Git for Windows is a fork of Git that contains Windows-specific patches. This vulnerability in versions prior to 2.37.1 lets Git for Windows' installer execute a binary into `C:\mingw64\bin\git.exe` by mistake. This only happens upon a fre…
- CVE-2021-31841HIGHCVSS 8.2EG 8.22021-09-22
A DLL sideloading vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.4 could allow a local user to perform a DLL sideloading attack with an unsigned DLL with a specific name and in a specific location. This would result in the user gai…
- CVE-2023-26036HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12023-02-25
ZoneMinder is a free, open source Closed-circuit television software application for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. Versions prior to 1.36.33 and 1.37.33 contain a Local File Inclusion (Untrusted Search Path) vulnerabilit…
- CVE-2026-11401HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-06-05
An untrusted search path issue in the GlobalDatabasePlugin in the AWS Advanced Go Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL will allow a remote authenticated low-privilege actor to escalate privileges to those of another Amazon RDS user, includ…
- CVE-2026-11400HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-06-05
An untrusted search path issue in the GlobalDatabasePlugin in the AWS Advanced JDBC Wrapper for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL will allow a remote authenticated low-privilege actor to escalate privileges to those of another Amazon RDS user, incl…
- CVE-2024-8733HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-10-02
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP One Agent for certain HP PC products, which might allow for escalation of privilege. HP is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.
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