QID 376620

Date Published: 2022-05-24

QID 376620: PowerShell Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework..

A denial of service and an information disclosure vulnerability exists in .NET 5.0, .NET 6.0 and .NET Core 3.1.

Affected Versions:
PowerShell Version 7.0 Prior to 7.0.11
PowerShell Version 7.2 Prior to 7.2.4

QID Detection Logic: (Authenticated)
Operating System: Windows and Linux
The QID checks for vulnerable version of file pwsh.exe and QID checks for vulnerable version of PowerShell Core by running command pwsh --version on linux systems.


NOTE: The Windows check will only work for msi installations.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service and information disclosure vulnerability on target machine.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to install the latest version of PowerShell which can be in the for more details
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376620

    CVE-2022-23267 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2022-23267 URL Logo msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23267
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