Is CVE-2026-5789 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-5789 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-5789?

CVE-2026-5789 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-5789?

CVE-2026-5789 has an EPSS score of 0.14% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2026-5789?

No published fix for CVE-2026-5789 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-5789

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vulnerability related to an unquoted search path in CivetWeb v1.16. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory that is scanned before the intended application path (C:\Program Files\CivetWeb\CivetWeb.exe --), due to the absence of quotes in the service configuration.

CWE-428

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

incibe.es

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-22.