CWE-426 639 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Overview

CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

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.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
operating_system Not OS-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-54055 2026-06-12 Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.2, a local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in kitty's file transmission protocol where a child process running in the …
CVE-2026-53819 2026-06-11 OpenClaw before 2026.5.27 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in skill install flows where workspace .env files can override the Homebrew executable selection. Attackers with access to …
CVE-2026-48565 2026-06-09 Untrusted search path in Windows Narrator Braille allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVE-2026-47648 2026-06-09 Untrusted search path in Windows Storage allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVE-2026-24064 2026-06-09 Waves Central for macOS versions 13.0.9 through 16.5.5 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A trusted XPC client component included with the product is signed with hardened runtime enti…
CVE-2026-11401 2026-06-05 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 t…
CVE-2026-11400 2026-06-05 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…
CVE-2026-44477 2026-05-28 CloudNativePG is a platform designed to manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. Prior to 1.29.1 and 1.28.3, the CloudNativePG metrics exporter opens its PostgreSQL connection as th…
CVE-2026-45721 2026-05-26 Algernon is a small self-contained pure-Go web server. Prior to 1.17.7, when Algernon is asked for any URL path that resolves to a directory without an index file, DirPage walks upward through parent …
CVE-2026-45772 2026-05-15 Turborepo is a high-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript codebases. From 1.1.0 to before 2.9.14, Turborepo can be vulnerable to arbitrary code execution when run in untrusted reposit…
CVE-2026-30906 2026-05-13 Untrusted search path in the installer for Zoom Rooms for Windows before version 7.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
CVE-2026-0251 2026-05-13 Multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect™ app allow a local user to escalate their privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows and root on macOS and…
CVE-2026-42830 2026-05-12 Untrusted search path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVE-2026-7309 2026-04-28 A flaw was found in the OpenShift Container Platform build system. A user with the `edit` ClusterRole can inject arbitrary environment variables, such as `LD_PRELOAD` or `http_proxy`, into `docker-bui…
CVE-2026-35368 2026-04-22 A vulnerability exists in the chroot utility of uutils coreutils when using the --userspec option. The utility resolves the user specification via getpwnam() after entering the chroot but before dropp…
CVE-2026-35603 2026-04-17 Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. In versions prior to 2.1.75 on Windows, Claude Code loaded the system-wide default configuration from C:\ProgramData\ClaudeCode\managed-settings.json without val…
CVE-2026-6421 2026-04-17 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 …
CVE-2026-40947 2026-04-16 Yubico libfido2 before 1.17.0, python-fido2 before 2.2.0, and yubikey-manager before 5.9.1 have an unintended DLL search path.
CVE-2026-27290 2026-04-14 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 appl…
CVE-2026-40287 2026-04-14 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 directo…

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2009-01-12 CWE Content Team 1.2 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Potential_Mitigations
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated References
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated References, Relationships
2010-04-05 CWE Content Team 1.8.1 updated Applicable_Platforms
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Description, Relationships
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References, Relationships, Type
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2019-09-19 CWE Content Team 3.4 updated Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated References, Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2022-04-28 CWE Content Team 4.7 updated Research_Gaps
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2024-07-16 CWE Content Team 4.15 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
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