{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-92253 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-92253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-92253 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in WatchDog Anti-Virus, published on 20 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-92253 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-92253 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in WatchDog Anti-Virus, published on 20 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-92253 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: WatchDog Anti-Virus. 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-2026-92253/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-92253/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-92253","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-92253/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-92253","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mhp8-fvh4-c285"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WatchDog Anti-Virus","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can write quarantined files to arbitrary locations via directory junctions, potentially achieving SYSTEM-level code execution.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"watchdog","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.2,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/RE:L/U:Green","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"Improper link resolution before file access in the quarantine restoration process of WatchDog Anti-Virus 1.8.640 on Windows allows local, low-privileged attackers to cause a quarantined file to be written to an arbitrary filesystem location by creating a directory junction at the original file path and persuading an administrator to restore the file. This may enable modification of protected files or SYSTEM-level code execution through DLL hijacking.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Arbitrary File Write via Directory Junction in WatchDog Anti-Virus Quarantine Restoration","id":"CVE-2026-92253","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"WatchDog Antivirus kernel driver arbitrary file deletion via unauthenticated IOCTL","id":"CVE-2026-92254"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Incorrect Default Permissions in WatchDog Anti-Virus Installation Directory","id":"CVE-2026-92252"},"products":["Anti-Virus"],"published":"2026-09-20","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":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-21","vendors":["WatchDog"]},"summary":"Local attackers can write quarantined files to arbitrary locations via directory junctions, potentially achieving SYSTEM-level code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-92253/"}