CVE-2026-70337 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Relative path traversal in Microsoft PowerShell Core allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Powershell

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70337

History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Relative path traversal in Microsoft PowerShell Core allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Title		Microsoft PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft powershell
Weaknesses		CWE-23
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powershell::-::::::*
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft powershell
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70337
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-08-11T17:07:13.444Z

Updated: 2026-08-12T00:01:18.863Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T00:04:56.036Z

Link: CVE-2026-70337

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T17:55:15.599Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-11T17:19:11.397

Modified: 2026-08-11T18:53:42.910

Link: CVE-2026-70337

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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