Overview

The installers for multiple products provided by PIONEER CORPORATION may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries.

Products Affected

The driver software for the following products is affected by this vulnerability:

  • USB DAC Amplifier
    • APS-DA101JS
    • APS-DA101JR
    • APS-DA101JGL
    • APS-DA101JGR
  • Stellanova Lite
    • APS-S201JS
    • APS-S201JR
    • APS-S201JGL
    • APS-S201JGR
  • Stellanova Limited
    • APS-S202J-LM
  • Stellanova
    • APS-S301 Series

Description

The installers for multiple products provided by PIONEER CORPORATION contain the following vulnerability.

  • Uncontrolled search path element (CWE-427)
    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Base Score 8.5
    • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Base Score 7.8
    • CVE-2026-21427

Impact

Arbitrary code may be executed with the privileges of the running installer.

Solution

Contact the developer
Contact the developer for mitigations. For more information, see [Vendor Status] section below.

Vendor Status
Vendor Status Last Update Vendor Notes
PIONEER CORPORATION Vulnerable 2026/01/08 PIONEER CORPORATION website
References

  1. Japan Vulnerability Notes JVNTA#91240916
    Insecure DLL Loading and Command Execution Issues on Many Windows Application Programs

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC
Credit

Kazuma Matsumoto of GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE CVE-2026-21427
JVN iPedia JVNDB-2026-000004

Update History
2026/01/22
Fixed typo under the section [Products Affected]
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