Security-feature bypass via undisclosed path traversal
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Path traversal in Windows PowerShell on affected Windows releases allows remote attackers to bypass a security feature. Microsoft has not disclosed the PowerShell component, pathname source, restricted directory, or validation error that enables traversal. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires user interaction, and the published impact is limited to integrity.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Windows PowerShell on affected Windows releases allows remote attackers to bypass a security feature. Microsoft has not disclosed the PowerShell component, pathname source, restricted directory, or validation error that enables traversal. Exploitation is unauthenticated but requires user interaction, and the published impact is limited to integrity.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-62801
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-22
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.9245
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