CVE-2026-26959 (GCVE-0-2026-26959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 23:16 – Updated: 2026-02-20 15:37
VLAI
Title
ADB Explorer Vulnerable to RCE via Insufficient Input Validation
Summary
ADB Explorer is a fluent UI for ADB on Windows. Versions 0.9.26020 and below fail to validate the integrity or authenticity of the ADB binary path specified in the ManualAdbPath setting before executing it, allowing arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious App.txt settings file that points ManualAdbPath to an arbitrary executable, then convincing a victim to launch the application with a command-line argument directing it to the malicious configuration directory. This vulnerability could be leveraged through social engineering tactics, such as distributing a shortcut bundled with a crafted settings file in an archive, resulting in RCE upon application startup. Thus issue has been fixed in version 0.9.26021.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-20 15:29 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7986 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Alex4SSB ADB-Explorer Affected: < 0.9.26021
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