CVE-2026-59119

PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Aug 11, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Jul 2, 2026

Description

Incorrect default permissions in Microsoft PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PowerShell 7.4Microsoft	7.4.0 to before 7.4.19.0Affected
PowerShell 7.5Microsoft	7.5.0 to before 7.5.10.0Affected
PowerShell 7.6Microsoft	7.6.0 to before 7.6.5Affected

References

PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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