Powershell vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product270 versions
The short answer

Powershell is made by Microsoft. We track 21 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 270 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Microsoft lists newer releases under their own names, such as Powershell Core, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Powershell listed under other names? Yes.

Microsoft also lists Powershell under more specific names, such as Powershell Core and Powershell Editor Services. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Powershell vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Powershell's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Powershell flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 61%

    PowerShell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS8.5Published13 Dec 2022
  2. 20%

    .NET Core and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    CVSS5.7Published13 Oct 2021
  3. 6.6%

    <p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) which could allow an attacker to bypass WDAC enforcement.

    CVSS6.7Published11 Sep 2020
  4. 6.5%

    A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Core or .NET Framework improperly handles web requests, aka '.NET Core & .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

    CVSS7.5Published21 May 2020
  5. 5.7%

    .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

    CVSS7.5Published10 May 2022
  6. 3.2%

    A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying...

    CVSS6.5Published15 Sep 2020
  7. 3.1%

    .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability

    CVSS7.5Published12 Mar 2024
  8. 3.0%

    Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability

    CVSS7.5Published12 Mar 2024
  9. 2.8%

    NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    CVSS9.1Published9 Jan 2024
  10. 2.8%

    .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability

    CVSS7.5Published10 Jan 2023
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We track 21 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Powershell, across 270 versions.

None of Powershell's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Microsoft also lists Powershell under more specific names, such as Powershell Core and Powershell Editor Services. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Powershell. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.