CWE-426Base

Untrusted Search Path

Stable in the CWE catalog · 279 CVEs mapped

279
CVEs mapped
7.4
Median CVSS
What it is

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.

Recent examples
8.4cvss
CVE-2026-82862

CVE-2026-82862 - HIGH Severity Vulnerability

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 local skill execution.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
5.5cvss
CVE-2026-81697

CVE-2026-81697 - MEDIUM Severity Vulnerability

openssl_encrypt (pip package openssl-encrypt) versions <= 1.4.8 contain a CWD-relative configuration file resolution flaw in crypt_settings.py, where CONFIG_FILE (originally the absolute per-user path ~/.crypt_settings.json) is reassigned at line 84 to the bare relative name 'crypt_settings.json'. As a result, the legacy Tk GUI's SettingsTab reads and writes KDF settings from crypt_settings.json in the process launch (current working) directory instead of the user's home directory. An attacker who plants a malicious crypt_settings.json (e.g. sha256:1 with all memory-hard KDFs disabled) can silently downgrade encryption performed in that GUI session to roughly one hash round, bypassing the weak-KDF preflight and enabling offline brute-force attacks against the resulting ciphertext. Fixed in 1.4.9.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
7.8cvss
CVE-2026-75768

CVE-2026-75768 - HIGH Severity Vulnerability

Substance3D - Painter 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 issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-426
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Stable
References (2)