Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-427
Allowed-with-ReviewUncontrolled Search Path Element
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
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.
1869 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-65093 (GCVE-0-2026-65093)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 20:15 – Updated: 2026-08-26 15:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
NVIDIA OpenShell for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker could cause a sandbox escape. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, and information disclosure.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-26 15:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
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CVE-2026-59781 (GCVE-0-2026-59781)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 12:21 – Updated: 2026-08-19 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
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Summary
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Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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CVE-2026-56795 (GCVE-0-2026-56795)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 15:24 – Updated: 2026-09-19 14:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dell Server Update Utility, versions prior to 26.07.01, contains an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Code execution.
Severity
8.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-19 13:45 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00050993… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | Driver Pack For Windows OS |
Affected:
0 , < 26.07.01
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Driver Pack For Linux OS |
Affected:
0 , < 26.07.01
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Server Update Utility, Windows 64-bit format |
Affected:
0 , < 26.07.01
(semver)
|
|
| Dell | Server Update Utility, Linux 64-bit format |
Affected:
0 , < 26.07.01
(semver)
|
Date Public
2026-09-16 06:30
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CVE-2026-56437 (GCVE-0-2026-56437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 04:38 – Updated: 2026-07-08 13:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element issue exists in Pupsman versions prior to 3.9.0. If a crafted DLL file is placed in the same folder as the affected installer and the installer is executed, arbitrary code may be executed with SYSTEM privilege.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-08 12:57 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuji Electric Co.,Ltd. | Pupsman |
Affected:
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CVE-2026-56090 (GCVE-0-2026-56090)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 13:44 – Updated: 2026-08-18 14:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Dell ObjectScale, versions prior to 4.3.0.1, contain(s) an Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 14:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/00050072… | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | ObjectScale |
Affected:
0 , < 4.3.0.1 or later
(semver)
|
Date Public
2026-08-17 06:30
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CVE-2026-55015 (GCVE-0-2026-55015)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 21:45 – Updated: 2026-09-29 20:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Microsoft Remote Help Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-21 12:38 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
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1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisorypatch |
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| Microsoft | Windows Remote Help |
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5.0.0.0 , < 5.2.1040.0
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2026-08-20 14:00
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CVE-2026-55013 (GCVE-0-2026-55013)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 21:45 – Updated: 2026-09-29 20:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Windows Remote Help Defense Spoofing Vulnerability
Summary
Uncontrolled search path element in Windows Remote Help Defense allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-21 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabi… | vendor-advisorypatch |
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CVE-2026-54916 (GCVE-0-2026-54916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 20:01 – Updated: 2026-09-18 18:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
NetBox Device Type Library: Module Shadowing Bypass of prior pickle fix - RCE via missing `tests/__init__.py` + SSRF via unfixed `NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL` → Cloud Metadata credential theft
Summary
NetBox Device Type Library is a collection of community-sourced device type definitions for import into NetBox. The absence of tests/init.py and the lack of --import-mode=importlib cause pytest prepend import mode to place the tests directory at the front of sys.path during collection. An unauthenticated contributor can add a module such as tests/git.py that shadows GitPython when tests/definitions_test.py executes from git import Git, Repo, or add tests/conftest.py for automatic collection-time execution. Python imports and runs the pull-request module before any test function, allowing arbitrary code execution on the GitHub Actions runner, test-result tampering, and access to tokens or network resources exposed to the workflow. This module-shadowing path is independent of the earlier pickle deserialization flaw and the separately tracked NETBOX_DT_LIBRARY_URL issue. This vulnerability is fixed by commit b0d9a3dadd0a0a9d3c93b0b2777559fd4bad1037.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-18 17:24 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-li… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-li… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/netbox-community/devicetype-li… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| netbox-community | devicetype-library |
Affected:
< b0d9a3dadd0a0a9d3c93b0b2777559fd4bad1037g
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CVE-2026-54672 (GCVE-0-2026-54672)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-30 22:15 – Updated: 2026-07-01 13:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
electron-updater: Uncontrolled search path elements within `AppImage` built by `app-builder-lib`
Summary
electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. Prior to 26.15.0, AppImage targets built by app-builder-lib could use an empty path component when setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable at runtime. This causes the current working directory to be added to the dynamic linker search path, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious shared library in the directory from which the AppImage is launched. This issue has been fixed in version 26.15.0.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-01 13:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-bui… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-bui… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| electron-userland | electron-builder |
Affected:
< 26.15.0
|
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| electron-userland | app-builder-lib |
Affected:
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CVE-2026-54232 (GCVE-0-2026-54232)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-22 22:16 – Updated: 2026-06-23 14:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
vLLM: Dependency Confusion Vulnerability in vLLM Dockerfile
Summary
vLLM is an inference and serving engine for large language models (LLMs). Prior to 0.22.1, the vLLM Dockerfile is vulnerable to a dependency confusion attack through the flashinfer-jit-cache package. The package is installed from a custom index (flashinfer.ai/whl/) using --extra-index-url, but the package name was not registered on PyPI, and UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match" is set globally. An attacker who registers flashinfer-jit-cache on PyPI with version 0.6.11.post2 can execute arbitrary code as root during the Docker build and backdoor every resulting container image, enabling exfiltration of all user prompts, API credentials, and model data from production vLLM deployments This vulnerability is fixed in 0.22.1.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-23 14:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vllm-project | vllm |
Affected:
< 0.22.1
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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
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
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
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
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. Since this is a denylist approach, it might not be a complete solution.
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 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.