Maltego Windows Installer flaw lets local attackers run code
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
Maltego Technologies GmbH Maltego Windows Installer 4.13.0 is affected. Its executable-resolution logic relies on an uncontrolled search path (CWE-427), which lets a local attacker with no privileges run arbitrary code. The attack requires user interaction.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Description from the CNA
An issue in Maltego Technologies GmbH Maltego Windows Installer 4.13.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Maltego Windows installer executable-resolution logic
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Maltego Windows Installer.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107090
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-fxcj-jv45-2hv5
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-02 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-02 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-107090 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107090 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fxcj-jv45-2hv5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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