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Source: Microsoft · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2026-70338Unknown / EvaluatingImportant (raw)CVSS 7.8

Microsoft PowerShell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published: 11 Aug 2026•Last updated: 19 Aug 2026, 12:30 PM IST•Source identifier: Unknown
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 2 / 3 · rule guidance not available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
7.8Important (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Metric sourceMicrosoft MSRC CVRF
EPSS probability
0.4%0.004
Percentile28th
Weakness type
—
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Microsoft PowerShell allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

SOC priority

Medium

Actively exploited

No

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

3 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • PowerShell 7.4 · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
  • PowerShell 7.5 · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
  • PowerShell 7.6 · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

Not provided by source

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
No
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

No rule-based guidance for this vulnerability class

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
Unknown
Record status · verification
UPDATED · Unknown
CPE
Unknown

Evidence & Provenance

1 public source
api.msrc.microsoft.comSource record
Detection Hunting Query

— No published hunting query names this record. Browse community and library queries instead.

Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

Microsoft Security Update Guide · Limited verificationAugust 2026 Security UpdatesPublished 11 Aug 2026
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