VDB-383900 · CVE-2026-8164 · GCVE-0-2026-8164

ArkSigner Desktop Client up to 2.2.16.10 untrusted search path

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.7	$0-$5k	2.66

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ArkSigner Software and Hardware Industry and Trade ArkSigner Desktop Client up to 2.2.16.10. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-8164. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ArkSigner Software and Hardware Industry and Trade ArkSigner Desktop Client up to 2.2.16.10 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in ArkSigner Software and Hardware Industry and Trade Inc. ArkSigner Desktop Client allows Search Order Hijacking. This issue affects ArkSigner Desktop Client: from v2.2.16.10 through 17062026.

The advisory is shared for download at siberguvenlik.gov.tr. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-8164 since 05/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Applying the patch 17062026 is able to eliminate this problem.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

ArkSigner Software and Hardware Industry and Trade

Name

ArkSigner Desktop Client

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Patch: 17062026

Timelineinfo

05/08/2026 CVE reserved
07/28/2026 +81 days Advisory disclosed
07/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: siberguvenlik.gov.tr
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-8164 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-8164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-383900

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2026 17:40
Changes: 07/28/2026 17:40 (53)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103