Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-16801
Improper control of generation of code ('Code Injection') in the variables feature in Devolutions PowerShell Universal 2026.2.2 and earlier allows an authenticated user with variable write permission to execute arbitrary PowerShell code via a crafted variable value that is not properly escaped when written to the variables configuration file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 21.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-16801
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2025.3.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2025.3.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2025.3.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2025.3.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:devolutions:powershell_universal:2026.2.1.0