High 7.0Published Sep 9, 2025

CVE-2025-49734PowerShell Direct Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:40 AM ET)

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Improper restriction of communication channel to intended endpoints in Windows PowerShell allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-923
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Feb 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Microsoft PowerShell 7.4 microsoft:powershell_7.4 (from the name)	from 7.4.0 before 7.4.12	CNA record
Microsoft PowerShell 7.5 microsoft:powershell_7.5 (from the name)	from 7.5.0 before 7.5.3	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 microsoft:windows_10_1607	from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.8422	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 microsoft:windows_10_1809	from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.7792	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 microsoft:windows_10_21h2	from 10.0.19044.0 before 10.0.19044.6332	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 microsoft:windows_10_22h2	from 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19045.6332	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 microsoft:windows_11_22h2	from 10.0.22621.0 before 10.0.22621.5909	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3 microsoft:windows_11_22h3	from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.5909	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2 microsoft:windows_11_23h2	from 10.0.22631.0 before 10.0.22631.5909	CNA record
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 microsoft:windows_11_24h2	from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.6584	CNA record
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References

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49734	vendor-advisory, patch

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