Unquoted Windows binary path in Traccar

published 2021-02-02 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-8656

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

Traccar is an open source GPS tracking system. In Traccar before version 4.12 there is an unquoted Windows binary path vulnerability. Only Windows versions are impacted. Attacker needs write access to the filesystem on the host machine. If Java path includes a space, then attacker can lift their privilege to the same as Traccar service (system). This is fixed in version 4.12.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

traccar traccar 4.12

github.com/traccar/traccar@cc69a99 commit

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	1.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

traccar traccar

Classification

Weakness

CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

github.com /traccar/traccar/commit/cc69a9907ac9878db3750aa14ffedb28626455da
patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /traccar/traccar/security/advisories/GHSA-j75r-7qm5-62q5
third-party-advisory
traccar.org /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21292
NVD CVE-2021-21292

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