🛡️ CVE-2026-16800 — powershell-universal

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-94 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

Improper control of generation of code ('Code Injection') in the schedule feature in Devolutions PowerShell Universal 2026.2.2 and earlier allows an authenticated user with schedule creation permission to execute arbitrary PowerShell code via crafted schedule parameter names concatenated into a script invocation.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-16800 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2026-16800 is recorded against 1 package.

  • powershell-universal (fixed in 2026.2.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 July 2026 and last revised on 29 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

devolutions.net

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-94
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-24
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-29
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
powershell-universal — 2026.2.3.0

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