CVE•Published 2026-07-24•Modified 2026-07-29•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16801Devolutions · Powershell_universal
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
21
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 79% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-07-24
Modified 2026-07-29
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-16801Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Devolutions Powershell Universal"All exposed Devolutions Powershell Universal instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Powershell Universal"HTTP body or banner mentions "Powershell Universal" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16801Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16801Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16801Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16801GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16801" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2026-168014 repos
Xuchen-Li/cv-arxiv-dailyPython
Automatically update arXiv papers about SOT & VLT, Multi-modal Learning, LLM and Video Understanding using Github Actions.
XuzhaoLi/ro-arxiv-dailyPython
Automatically Update Arxiv Papers about Path Planning, LLM and Autonomous Driving using Github Actions since 2024.2.
cnlinxi/LLM-paper-dailyPython
Automatically Update LLM Papers Daily using Github Actions. Ref: https://github.com/Vincentqyw/cv-arxiv-daily
InsomaniacElf/sg-tamil-tts-resources-unknown
A curated, searchable list of datasets, models, research papers, and tools for building Text‑to‑Speech systems for Singapore Tamil and related low‑resource varieties.