PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Products / packages Microsoft PowerShell 7.4 · Microsoft PowerShell 7.5 · Microsoft PowerShell 7.6
Published
Severity and exploitation
KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.
Assessment vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:CSeverity
high7.3CVSS measures technical severity, not the likelihood of an attack.
Known exploitation
Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog
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Public exploit
Not established by this record
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Remediation
Fix status not established
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What this means
Microsoft PowerShell versions 7.4.0 to 7.4.19.0, 7.5.0 to 7.5.10.0, and 7.6.0 to 7.6.5 have incorrect default permissions, allowing an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. The weakness is due to incorrect default permissions. The impact is elevation of privileges.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Attack conditions
No attack-condition excerpt has been identified here. Review the full source description and references for authentication, network access, and configuration requirements.
Review supporting sources →Affected versions
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Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.4
1 range
Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.4
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affected
7.4.0 → before 7.4.19.0
custom versions
Other versions: unknown
Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.5
1 range
Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.5
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affected
7.5.0 → before 7.5.10.0
custom versions
Other versions: unknown
Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.6
1 range
Microsoft · microsoft
PowerShell 7.6
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affected
7.6.0 → before 7.6.5
custom versions
Other versions: unknown
What to do
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Public exploit evidence
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Original source description
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Incorrect default permissions in Microsoft PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References
1 sourcesInside the record
Evidence available
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Original records
CVE-2026-59119View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
cve.new JSON →Underlying weaknesses
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Environment requirements
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microsoft · platform conditions
Any condition may hold
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 7.5.0
Before: 7.5.10.0
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 7.4.0
Before: 7.4.19.0
Vulnerable product
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*From (inclusive): 7.6.0
Before: 7.6.5
Applicability preview
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What changed
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