STIGQter is an open-source reimplementation of DISA's STIG Viewer. From 0.1.2 to before 1.2.7, an attacker can achieve local code execution (LCE) with the privileges of the user running STIGQter. This requires user interaction: the victim must open the malicious .stigqter file and explicitly run the "Export HTML" action. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7.

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Description STIGQter is an open-source reimplementation of DISA's STIG Viewer. From 0.1.2 to before 1.2.7, an attacker can achieve local code execution (LCE) with the privileges of the user running STIGQter. This requires user interaction: the victim must open the malicious .stigqter file and explicitly run the "Export HTML" action. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.7.
Title STIGQter: Arbitrary File Write leading to Local Code Execution via Export HTML
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-73
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-14T15:05:21.339Z

Reserved: 2026-04-30T18:49:06.711Z

Link: CVE-2026-42881

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-14T15:16:46.887

Modified: 2026-05-14T15:16:46.887

Link: CVE-2026-42881

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Updated: 2026-05-14T16:30:24Z

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