Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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.

CVE-2026-6421 (GCVE-0-2026-6421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-17 05:45 – Updated: 2026-04-17 18:37
VLAI
Title
Mobatek MobaXterm Home Edition msimg32.dll uncontrolled search path
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in Mobatek MobaXterm Home Edition up to 26.1. This affects an unknown part in the library msimg32.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The attack is considered to have high complexity. It is indicated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 26.2 is able to mitigate this issue. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mobatek MobaXterm Home Edition Affected: 26.0
Affected: 26.1
Unaffected: 26.2
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
haehanse (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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CVE-2026-6645 (GCVE-0-2026-6645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-22 03:24 – Updated: 2026-06-23 03:55
VLAI
Title
Insecure Search Path Vulnerability in PaperCut Print Deploy Client for Windows
Summary
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SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PaperCut Print Deploy Affected: 0 , < 1.10.4178 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Alex F. <support.solutions@jet-services.com> // JET Services
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CVE-2026-6788 (GCVE-0-2026-6788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 15:46 – Updated: 2026-05-06 16:13
VLAI
Title
Uncontrolled search path in PluginLauncher allows SYSTEM code execution in WatchGuard Agent
Summary
Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in WatchGuard Agent on Windows allows Using Malicious Files.This issue affects WatchGuard Agent before 1.25.03.0000.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
WatchGuard WatchGuard Agent Affected: 0 , < 1.25.03.0000 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
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CVE-2026-7279 (GCVE-0-2026-7279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-28 09:39 – Updated: 2026-04-28 12:14
VLAI
Title
eMPIA Technology|AVACAST - DLL Hijacking
Summary
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SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
eMPIA Technology AVACAST Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.10.10.43 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-04-28 09:22
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CVE-2026-7373 (GCVE-0-2026-7373)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-15 02:06 – Updated: 2026-05-19 22:43
VLAI
Title
Metasploit Pro on Windows: Local Privilege Escalation via OpenSSL Configuration File Loading
Summary
Rapid7 Metasploit Pro is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation attack that allows a user to gain SYSTEM level control of a Windows host. When started the metasploitPostgreSQL service would start the postgres.exe child process which would in turn load an OpenSSL configuration file from a static location. This static location would be writable by a pre-existing "vagrant" user, if they already existed on the system. Metasploit does not create local accounts, an Administrator would need to create it. By planting a crafted openssl.cnf file an attacker can trick the high-privilege service into executing arbitrary commands. This effectively permits the unprivileged vagrant user to bypass security controls and achieve a full host compromise under the agent's SYSTEM level access.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Rapid7 Metasploit Pro Affected: 5.0.0 (custom)
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Credits
Andrea Intilangelo
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CVE-2026-7870 (GCVE-0-2026-7870)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 14:34 – Updated: 2026-06-12 03:55
VLAI
Title
IBM i is Affected by Privilege Escalation []
Summary
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a user to gain elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call. A malicious actor could cause user-controlled code to run with administrator privilege.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
ibm
References
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https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7275756 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM i Affected: 7.6
Affected: 7.5
Affected: 7.4
Affected: 7.3
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CVE-2026-8637 (GCVE-0-2026-8637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-10 14:09 – Updated: 2026-06-10 16:06
VLAI
Summary
A potential uncontrolled search path vulnerability was reported in the LanSchool Classic client application that could allow a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Lenovo LanSchool Classic Affected: 0 , < 9.3.1.30 (custom)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Lenovo thanks Rafael Reis for reporting this vulnerability.
Show details on NVD website

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Mitigation

Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

Description:

  • 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

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • 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. Since this is a denylist approach, it might not be a complete solution.
Mitigation

Phase: Implementation

Description:

  • 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 finding the program using the PATH environment variable, 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.

CAPEC-471: Search Order Hijacking

An adversary exploits a weakness in an application's specification of external libraries to exploit the functionality of the loader where the process loading the library searches first in the same directory in which the process binary resides and then in other directories. Exploitation of this preferential search order can allow an attacker to make the loading process load the adversary's rogue library rather than the legitimate library. This attack can be leveraged with many different libraries and with many different loading processes. No forensic trails are left in the system's registry or file system that an incorrect library had been loaded.

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