# CVE-2025-69599: RayVentory Scan Engine through 12.6 Update 8 allows attackers to gain privileges if they control the value of the PATH environment variable.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

RayVentory Scan Engine through 12.6 Update 8 allows attackers to gain privileges if they control the value of the PATH environment variable. NOTE: this is disputed because ability of an attacker to control the environment is a site-specific misconfiguration.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://support.raynet.de/hc/en-us/articles/19518792826132-RVY200865-RayVentory-12-6
- https://github.com/Wise-Security/CVE-2025-69599

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