CVE-2026-40400

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: July 14, 2026 (54 days ago)
Last Modified: July 15, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: MITRE

Description

Relative path traversal in Windows PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE

CWE-23

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1Microsoft Windows Server 2012Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

References

🔗 msrc.microsoft.com