{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-6958 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-6958 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-6958 is a high-severity vulnerability in Invicti Security Corp. Acunetix, published on 4 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-6958 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-6958 is a high-severity vulnerability in Invicti Security Corp. Acunetix, published on 4 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-6958 exists.\n\nAffected product: Invicti Security Corp. Acunetix. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6958/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6958/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-6958","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6958/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-6958","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gfg7-69hm-p6fm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Acunetix scanner","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing malicious files in a missing directory loaded by the Acunetix scanning engine.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"Acunetix 25.11.251107123 for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Web Vulnerability Scanning Engine (wvsc.exe) that allows low-privileged local attackers to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM by exploiting a missing hardcoded directory path for OpenSSL-related files. Attackers can create the missing directory, place a malicious file at the expected path, and cause the SYSTEM-level wvsc.exe process to load and execute it, resulting in full privilege escalation.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Acunetix 25.11.251107123 Local Privilege Escalation via wvsc.exe","id":"CVE-2026-6958","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack","id":"CVE-2026-6959"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Path traversal in Mattermost","id":"CVE-2026-6957"},"products":["Acunetix"],"published":"2026-09-04","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-01","vendors":["Invicti Security Corp."]},"summary":"Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing malicious files in a missing directory loaded by the Acunetix scanning engine.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6958/"}