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
778 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-426page 14 of 16
- CVE-2026-4545HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-03-22
A security flaw has been discovered in Flos Freeware Notepad2 4.2.25. This affects an unknown function in the library PROPSYS.dll. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack is only possible with local access…
- CVE-2026-3787HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-03-08
A weakness has been identified in UltraVNC 1.6.4.0 on Windows. This affects an unknown function in the library cryptbase.dll of the component Windows Service. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local acc…
- CVE-2026-2542HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-16
A weakness has been identified in Total VPN 0.5.29.0 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files\Total VPN\win-service.exe. Executing a manipulation can lead to unquoted search path. …
- CVE-2026-2538HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-16
A security flaw has been discovered in Flos Freeware Notepad2 4.2.22/4.2.23/4.2.24/4.2.25. Affected is an unknown function in the library Msimg32.dll. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a re…
- CVE-2026-2516HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-15
A vulnerability was identified in Unidocs ezPDF DRM Reader and ezPDF Reader 2.0/3.0.0.4. This affects an unknown part in the library SHFOLDER.dll. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be performed locall…
- CVE-2026-21508HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-10
Improper authentication in Windows Storage allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2025-15569HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-10
A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. T…
- CVE-2026-24051HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-02-02
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/ho…
- CVE-2026-20943HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02026-01-13
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2025-13433HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-11-20
A security flaw has been discovered in Muse Group MuseHub 2.1.0.1567. The affected element is an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Muse.MuseHub_2.1.0.1567_x64__rb9pth70m6nz6\Muse.Updater.exe of the component Windows…
- CVE-2025-12286HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-10-27
A weakness has been identified in VeePN up to 1.6.2. This affects an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\VeePN\avservice\avservice.exe of the component AVService. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. The attack re…
- CVE-2025-12247HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-10-27
A weakness has been identified in Hasleo Backup Suite up to 5.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HasleoImageMountService/HasleoBackupSuiteService. This manipulation causes unquoted search path. The attack is restricted to …
- CVE-2025-11940HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-10-19
A security vulnerability has been detected in LibreWolf up to 143.0.4-1 on Windows. This affects an unknown function of the file assets/setup.nsi of the component Installer. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack m…
- CVE-2025-9267HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-09-26
In Seagate Toolkit on Windows a vulnerability exists in the Toolkit Installer prior to versions 2.35.0.6 where it attempts to load DLLs from the current working directory without validating their origin or integrity. This behavior can be…
- CVE-2025-9016HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-08-15
A vulnerability has been found in Mechrevo Control Center GX V2 5.56.51.48. Affected is an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files\OEM\机械革命控制中心\AiStoneService\MyControlCenter\Command of the component Powershell Script…
- CVE-2025-9000HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-08-15
A vulnerability was detected in Mechrevo Control Center GX V2 5.56.51.48. Impacted is an unknown function of the component reg File Handler. The manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. T…
- CVE-2025-4769HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-16
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CBEWIN Anytxt Searcher 1.3.1128.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file ATService.exe. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached…
- CVE-2025-4540HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-11
A vulnerability was found in MTSoftware C-Lodop 6.6.1.1 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CLodopPrintService. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. The attack n…
- CVE-2025-4539HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-11
A vulnerability was found in Hainan ToDesk 4.7.6.3. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library profapi.dll of the component DLL File Parser. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. …
- CVE-2025-4532HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-11
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Shanghai Bairui Information Technology SunloginClient 15.8.3.19819. This affects an unknown part in the library process.dll of the file sunlogin_guard.exe. The manipulation leads to …
- CVE-2025-4525HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-10
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attac…
- CVE-2025-4455HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-09
A vulnerability was found in Patch My PC Home Updater up to 5.1.3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library advapi32.dll/BCrypt.dll/comctl32.dll/crypt32.dll/dwmapi.dll/gdi32.dll/gdiplus.dll…
- CVE-2025-4272HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-05-05
A vulnerability was found in Mechrevo Control Console 1.0.2.70. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library C:\Program Files\OEM\MECHREVO Control Center\UniwillService\MyControlCenter\…
- CVE-2025-1804HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-03-01
A vulnerability was found in Blizzard Battle.Net up to 2.39.0.15212 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path.…
- CVE-2025-1353HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02025-02-16
A vulnerability was found in Kong Insomnia up to 10.3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached loca…
- CVE-2024-45207HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02024-12-04
DLL injection in Veeam Agent for Windows can occur if the system's PATH variable includes insecure locations. When the agent runs, it searches these directories for necessary DLLs. If an attacker places a malicious DLL in one of these dire…
- CVE-2024-34123HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02024-07-09
Premiere Pro versions 23.6.5, 24.4.1 and earlier are affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting a malicious file into the search…
- CVE-2022-26488HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02022-03-10
In Python before 3.10.3 on Windows, local users can gain privileges because the search path is inadequately secured. The installer may allow a local attacker to add user-writable directories to the system search path. To exploit, an admini…
- CVE-2021-29221HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02021-04-09
A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in Erlang/OTP prior to version 23.2.3. By adding files to an existing installation's directory, a local attacker could hijack accounts of other users running Erlang programs or poss…
- CVE-2018-6218HIGHCVSS 7.0EG 7.02018-02-16
A DLL Hijacking vulnerability in Trend Micro's User-Mode Hooking Module (UMH) could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
- CVE-2025-5129HIGHCVSS 6.3EG 7.02025-05-24
A vulnerability has been found in Sangfor 零信任访问控制系统 aTrust 2.3.10.60 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library MSASN1.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled…
- CVE-2026-57203MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92026-10-27
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange and telephony toolkit. Prior to Asterisk 20.20.1, 21.12.3, 22.10.1, 23.4.1 and Certified Asterisk 20.7-cert11, 22.8-cert3, `ast_loggrabber` executes a `Python script` from the world-writab…
- CVE-2019-3646MEDIUMCVSS 6.9EG 6.92019-09-13
DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) Free Antivirus Trial 16.0.R18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder placed by …
- CVE-2014-0315MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92014-04-08
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT…
- CVE-2010-5250MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92012-09-07
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the pthread_win32_process_attach_np function in pthreadGC2.dll in Pthreads-win32 2.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse quserex.dll file in the current working directory. NOTE…
- CVE-2010-4831MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92011-09-06
Untrusted search path vulnerability in gdk/win32/gdkinput-win32.c in GTK+ before 2.21.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Wintab32.dll file in the current working directory.
- CVE-2010-3159MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92010-10-25
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Explzh 5.67 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in the current working directory.
- CVE-2009-0314MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92009-01-28
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in gedit allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2…
- CVE-2008-5983MEDIUMCVSS v2 6.9EG 6.92009-01-28
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv API function in Python 2.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, prepends an empty string to sys.path when the argv[0] argument does not contain a path separator, which might all…
- CVE-2026-57097MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82026-07-14
Untrusted search path in Microsoft XML allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- CVE-2025-26624MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82025-02-18
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. A DLL hijacking vulnerability in Rufus 4.6.2208 and earlier versions allows an attacker loading and executing a malicious DLL with escalated privileges (since the e…
- CVE-2026-100584MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-09-26
OpenClaw is an npm-distributed agent runtime. In versions >= 2026.2.26 and < 2026.7.1, PowerShell command analysis on Windows hosts running in exec allowlist mode could approve an exact executable resolved from PATH but subsequently execut…
- CVE-2025-40945MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72026-07-14
A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS V10.4.5 (All versions < V10.4.5.0.2), COMOS V10.6 (All versions < V10.6.1), Designcenter NX (All versions < V2512.7000), Simcenter 3D (All versions < V2512.7000), Simcenter Femap V2506 (All vers…
- CVE-2024-6769MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72024-09-26
A DLL Hijacking caused by drive remapping combined with a poisoning of the activation cache in Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 allows a malicious authenticated attacker to…
- CVE-2023-36003MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72023-12-12
XAML Diagnostics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2022-43456MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72023-08-11
Uncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) RST software before versions 16.8.5.1014.5, 17.11.3.1010.2, 18.7.6.1011.2 and 19.5.2.1049.5 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2023-28143MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72023-04-18
Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS (versions 2.5.1-75 before 3.7) installer allows a local escalation of privilege bounded only to the time of installation and only on older macOSX (macOS 10.15 and older) versions. Attackers may exploit incorre…
- CVE-2022-0014MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72022-01-12
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent that enables a local attacker with file creation privilege in the Windows root directory (such as C:\) to store a program that can then be unintention…
- CVE-2019-6196MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72020-06-09
A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation.
- CVE-2019-6173MEDIUMCVSS 6.7EG 6.72020-06-09
A DLL search path vulnerability could allow privilege escalation in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, during installation if an attacker already has administrative privileges.
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