# CVE-2025-13433: Muse Group MuseHub Windows Service Muse.Updater.exe unquoted search path

> Local attackers can exploit an unquoted search path in the MuseHub updater service to achieve privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7r6h-jhj5-922v

## What is CVE-2025-13433?

CVE-2025-13433 is a high-severity vulnerability in MuseHub, published on 20 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security flaw has been discovered in Muse Group MuseHub 2.1.0.1567. The affected element is an unknown function of the file C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Muse.MuseHub_2.1.0.1567_x64__rb9pth70m6nz6\Muse.Updater.exe of the component Windows Service. The manipulation results in unquoted search path. The attack is only possible with local access. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitability is described as difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element), CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13433?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-13433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13433 is a high-severity vulnerability in MuseHub, published on 20 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MuseHub. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13433/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13433

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13433/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.