Devolutions PowerShell Universal up to 2026.2.2 Variables Feature cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Devolutions PowerShell Universal up to 2026.2.2. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Variables Feature. Such manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-16802. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Devolutions PowerShell Universal up to 2026.2.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Variables Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in the variables feature in Devolutions PowerShell Universal 2026.2.2 and earlier allows a local actor with file system access to read secret values via secret variables stored in cleartext on disk when no vault is selected.

The advisory is available at devolutions.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-16802 since 07/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1555 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2026.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PowerShell Universal 2026.2.3

Timelineinfo

07/23/2026 CVE reserved
07/24/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
07/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: devolutions.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-16802 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-16802
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-382934

Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2026 17:39
Changes: 07/24/2026 17:39 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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