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CVE-2026-40400

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Summary

Relative path traversal in Windows PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CVSS Score
8.0
High
EPSS Score
0.7
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-07-14
First Seen: 2026-07-15
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 77.2% of all 340,405 vulnerabilities in our database.

#77,677
Top 25% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 14, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2026-07-22
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-23

📦 Affected Products 13

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
microsoft windows_server_2012 Affected
v-
microsoft windows_server_2012 Affected
vr2
microsoft windows_server_2016 Affected
< 10.0.14393.9339
microsoft windows_server_2019 Affected
< 10.0.17763.9020
microsoft windows_server_2022 Affected
< 10.0.20348.5386
microsoft windows_10_1809 Affected
< 10.0.17763.9020
microsoft windows_10_21h2 Affected
< 10.0.19044.7548
microsoft windows_10_22h2 Affected
< 10.0.19045.7548
microsoft windows_10_1607 Affected
< 10.0.14393.9339
microsoft windows_11_24h2 Affected
< 10.0.26100.8875
microsoft windows_server_2025 Affected
< 10.0.26100.33158
microsoft windows_11_25h2 Affected
< 10.0.26200.8875
microsoft windows_11_26h1 Affected
< 10.0.28000.2269

🔗 References 1

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabilit...
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