Execution with Unnecessary Privileges Affecting powershell package, versions [,7.4.13)[7.5.0,7.5.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-POWERSHELL-15282856
  • published15 Feb 2026
  • disclosed13 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-25004  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-250  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade PowerShell to version 7.4.13, 7.5.4 or higher.

Overview

PowerShell is a package containing the PowerShell global tool

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Execution with Unnecessary Privileges via improper access control, an attacker can gain elevated privileges by executing code with insufficiently restricted permissions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1