Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-69599
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity uncontrolled search path in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
RayVentory Scan Engine through 12.6 Update 8 allows attackers to gain privileges if they control the value of the PATH environment variable. NOTE: this is disputed because ability of an attacker to control the environment is a site-specific misconfiguration.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H