CVE-2026-25865

Punto Switcher through 4.5.0.583 contains an unquoted search path element vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting the application's call to WinExec without a fully qualified path for RunDll32.exe when invoking shell32.dll Control_RunDLL input.dll. Attackers can place a malicious executable earlier in the search order to achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the affected user.

CVSS 4.0

8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 9% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-428

Published

2026-06-18

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

References

• https://spektion.com/articles/cve-2026-25865-punto-switcher
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/punto-switcher-unquoted-search-path-via-winexec
• https://yandex.ru/soft/punto

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