CVE-2025-69599: Raynet RayVentory Scan Engine uncontrolled search path privilege escalation

CVE-2025-69599 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2026-05-08

RayVentory Scan Engine is an IT asset discovery and inventory solution. A vulnerability in its scanning component allows an attacker to gain elevated system privileges by manipulating environment variables to point to malicious files. This could lead to full system takeover, unauthorized data access, or disruption of inventory operations. Note that some vendors dispute this vulnerability, arguing it requires a pre-existing system misconfiguration to exploit.

Technologies: Raynet RayVentory Scan Engine. Vendors: Raynet.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-69599 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-69599 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-69599?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 8 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
Raynet RayVentory Scan Engine through 12.6 Update 8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-69599?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2025-69599 attacked?
It is attacked over the network or with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-69599?
Check whether you run Raynet RayVentory Scan Engine at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The RayVentory Scan Engine (specifically the rvia and ndtrack binaries) is vulnerable to an uncontrolled search path element (CWE-427). The application invokes system binaries (such as curl, cat, and sh) and loads shared objects (.so files) using relative paths rather than absolute paths. If an attacker can modify the PATH environment variable or place files in the current working directory, they can force the application to execute malicious binaries or load arbitrary shared objects. While the CVSS score is high, the vulnerability is disputed by some because the ability to control environment variables often implies a prior level of access or a specific system misconfiguration.

Affected products

  • Raynet RayVentory Scan Engine through 12.6 Update 8

Timeline

  • 2026-05-08: disclosed: Initial CVE publication
  • 2026-05-11: advisory: NVD enrichment and CISA-ADP updates

References

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