CVE-2026-70337ImportantRevised 28 Aug
Microsoft PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Assessment
Relative path traversal in Microsoft PowerShell Core allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 8.8CVSS:3.1/
AV:N/ AC:L/ PR:N/ UI:R/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Remote Code Execution
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.9%Higher than 59.3% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Microsoft PowerShell Core
- Weakness
- CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 · August 2026
- Last revised
- 28 Aug 2026Acknowledgement Updated
Updates that fix it
0 KBsNo KB listed
MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.
Affected products
Developer Tools3 affected products
- PowerShell 7.4
- PowerShell 7.5
- PowerShell 7.6