Alex4SSB ADB-Explorer up to 0.9.26020 Settings File inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alex4SSB ADB-Explorer up to 0.9.26020. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Settings File Handler. This manipulation causes inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-26959. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Alex4SSB ADB-Explorer up to 0.9.26020. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Settings File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-829. The product imports, requires, or includes executable functionality (such as a library) from a source that is outside of the intended control sphere. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ADB Explorer is a fluent UI for ADB on Windows. Versions 0.9.26020 and below fail to validate the integrity or authenticity of the ADB binary path specified in the ManualAdbPath setting before executing it, allowing arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the current user. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious App.txt settings file that points ManualAdbPath to an arbitrary executable, then convincing a victim to launch the application with a command-line argument directing it to the malicious configuration directory. This vulnerability could be leveraged through social engineering tactics, such as distributing a shortcut bundled with a crafted settings file in an archive, resulting in RCE upon application startup. Thus issue has been fixed in version 0.9.26021.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-26959 since 02/16/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.9.26021 eliminates this vulnerability.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Alex4SSB

Name

• ADB-Explorer

Version

• 0.9.26020

Website

• Product: https://github.com/Alex4SSB/ADB-Explorer/

CPE 2.3info

• 🔒

CPE 2.2info

• 🔒

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion