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Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Allowed-with-Review

Untrusted Search Path

Abstraction: Base · Status: Stable

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.

952 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2026-24051 (GCVE-0-2026-24051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 19:49 – Updated: 2026-02-03 14:54
VLAI
Title
OpenTelemetry-Go Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution via PATH Hijacking
Summary
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. The OpenTelemetry Go SDK in version v1.20.0-1.39.0 is vulnerable to Path Hijacking (Untrusted Search Paths) on macOS/Darwin systems. The resource detection code in sdk/resource/host_id.go executes the ioreg system command using a search path. An attacker with the ability to locally modify the PATH environment variable can achieve Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) within the context of the application. A fix was released with v1.40.0.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-03 14:53 UTC
CWE
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
open-telemetry opentelemetry-go Affected: >= 1.21.0, < 1.40.0
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CVE-2026-23888 (GCVE-0-2026-23888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-26 21:37 – Updated: 2026-01-27 21:41
VLAI
Title
pnpm: Binary ZIP extraction allows arbitrary file write via path traversal (Zip Slip)
Summary
pnpm is a package manager. Prior to version 10.28.1, a path traversal vulnerability in pnpm's binary fetcher allows malicious packages to write files outside the intended extraction directory. The vulnerability has two attack vectors: (1) Malicious ZIP entries containing `../` or absolute paths that escape the extraction root via AdmZip's `extractAllTo`, and (2) The `BinaryResolution.prefix` field is concatenated into the extraction path without validation, allowing a crafted prefix like `../../evil` to redirect extracted files outside `targetDir`. The issue impacts all pnpm users who install packages with binary assets, users who configure custom Node.js binary locations and CI/CD pipelines that auto-install binary dependencies. It can lead to overwriting config files, scripts, or other sensitive files leading to RCE. Version 10.28.1 contains a patch.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-27 21:40 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pnpm pnpm Affected: < 10.28.1
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CVE-2026-23512 (GCVE-0-2026-23512)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-14 20:31 – Updated: 2026-01-14 21:04
VLAI
Title
SumatraPDF has an Untrusted Search Path in sumatrapdf/src/AppTools.cpp
Summary
SumatraPDF is a multi-format reader for Windows. In 3.5.2 and earlier, there is a Untrusted Search Path vulnerability when Advanced Options setting is trigger. The application executes notepad.exe without specifying an absolute path when using the Advanced Options setting. On Windows, this allows execution of a malicious notepad.exe placed in the application's installation directory, leading to arbitrary code execution.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 21:04 UTC
CWE
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CVE-2026-21508 (GCVE-0-2026-21508)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-10 17:51 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:26
VLAI
Title
Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Improper authentication in Windows Storage allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-11 04:55 UTC
CWE
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 Affected: 10.0.14393.0 , < 10.0.14393.8868 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 Affected: 10.0.17763.0 , < 10.0.17763.8389 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 Affected: 10.0.19044.0 , < 10.0.19044.6937 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 Affected: 10.0.19045.0 , < 10.0.19045.6937 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3 Affected: 10.0.22631.0 , < 10.0.22631.6649 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 Affected: 10.0.22631.0 , < 10.0.22631.6649 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.7840 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 Affected: 10.0.26200.0 , < 10.0.26200.7840 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 Affected: 10.0.28000.0 , < 10.0.28000.1575 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows 11 Version 26H1 Affected: 10.0.28000.0 , < 10.0.28000.1575 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Affected: 6.2.9200.0 , < 6.2.9200.25923 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) Affected: 6.2.9200.0 , < 6.2.9200.25923 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Affected: 6.3.9600.0 , < 6.3.9600.23022 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) Affected: 6.3.9600.0 , < 6.3.9600.23022 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Affected: 10.0.14393.0 , < 10.0.14393.8868 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.14393.0 , < 10.0.14393.8868 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Affected: 10.0.17763.0 , < 10.0.17763.8389 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.17763.0 , < 10.0.17763.8389 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Affected: 10.0.20348.0 , < 10.0.20348.4773 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.25398.0 , < 10.0.25398.2149 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.32370 (custom)
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Microsoft Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation) Affected: 10.0.26100.0 , < 10.0.26100.32370 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-02-10 16:00
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CVE-2026-21333 (GCVE-0-2026-21333)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 22:56 – Updated: 2026-08-27 22:09
VLAI
Title
Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Summary
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 interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-11 03:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2026 Affected: 0 , ≤ 30.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 30.2 (semver)
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Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2025 Affected: 0 , ≤ 29.8.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 29.8.5 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-03-10 17:00
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2026-21280 (GCVE-0-2026-21280)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 18:41 – Updated: 2026-08-27 21:57
VLAI
Title
Illustrator | Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Summary
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SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 04:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2026 Affected: 0 , ≤ 30.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 30.1 (semver)
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Adobe Illustrator Desktop 2025 Affected: 0 , ≤ 29.8.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 29.8.4 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-01-13 17:00
Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2026-20943 (GCVE-0-2026-20943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 17:56 – Updated: 2026-07-30 20:47
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 04:56 UTC
CWE
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-01-13 16:00
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CVE-2026-20799 (GCVE-0-2026-20799)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:26 – Updated: 2026-08-12 15:37
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path for some Battery Life Diagnostic Tool software before version 2.9.0 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. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present with special internal knowledge and requires passive user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-12 15:37 UTC
CWE
  • Escalation of Privilege
  • CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Battery Life Diagnostic Tool software Affected: before version 2.9.0
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CVE-2026-18605 (GCVE-0-2026-18605)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 16:00 – Updated: 2026-08-03 16:26
VLAI
Title
CheckMAL AppCheck Pro Kernel Mini-Filter Driver AppCheckD.sys uncontrolled search path
Summary
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SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-03 16:26 UTC
CWE
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CheckMAL AppCheck Pro Affected: 3.1.43.10
    cpe:2.3:a:checkmal:appcheck_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVE-2026-16869 (GCVE-0-2026-16869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 19:40 – Updated: 2026-08-22 03:55
VLAI
Title
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improperly scrubbed environment variables.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-21 00:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM AIX Affected: 7.2
Affected: 7.3
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IBM PowerVM VIOS Affected: 4.1
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Mitigation
Architecture and Design Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Hard-code the search path to a set of known-safe values (such as system directories), or only allow them to be specified by the administrator in a configuration file. Do not allow these settings to be modified by an external party. Be careful to avoid related weaknesses such as CWE-426 and CWE-428.

Mitigation
Implementation

When invoking other programs, specify those programs using fully-qualified pathnames. While this is an effective approach, code that uses fully-qualified pathnames might not be portable to other systems that do not use the same pathnames. The portability can be improved by locating the full-qualified paths in a centralized, easily-modifiable location within the source code, and having the code refer to these paths.

Mitigation
Implementation

Remove or restrict all environment settings before invoking other programs. This includes the PATH environment variable, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and other settings that identify the location of code libraries, and any application-specific search paths.

Mitigation
Implementation

Check your search path before use and remove any elements that are likely to be unsafe, such as the current working directory or a temporary files directory.

Mitigation
Implementation

Use other functions that require explicit paths. Making use of any of the other readily available functions that require explicit paths is a safe way to avoid this problem. For example, system() in C does not require a full path since the shell can take care of it, while execl() and execv() require a full path.

CAPEC-38: Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

This pattern of attack sees an adversary load a malicious resource into a program's standard path so that when a known command is executed then the system instead executes the malicious component. The adversary can either modify the search path a program uses, like a PATH variable or classpath, or they can manipulate resources on the path to point to their malicious components. J2EE applications and other component based applications that are built from multiple binaries can have very long list of dependencies to execute. If one of these libraries and/or references is controllable by the attacker then application controls can be circumvented by the attacker.