Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-16802 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-16802 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16802?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 0, published 24 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Devolutions PowerShell Universal 2026.2.2 and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-16802?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-16802 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-16802?
- Check whether you run Devolutions PowerShell Universal at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A cleartext storage of sensitive information vulnerability (CWE-312) exists in the variables feature of Devolutions PowerShell Universal. The root cause is the application's failure to encrypt secret variables on disk when a vault provider is not explicitly selected by the administrator. A local attacker with file system access can navigate to the variables configuration file and read secret values in plain text. This vulnerability affects versions 2026.2.2 and earlier. Users are advised to upgrade to version 2026.2.3 or higher and ensure a secure vault is configured for secret storage.
Affected products
- Devolutions PowerShell Universal 2026.2.2 and earlier
Timeline
- 2026-07-24: disclosed
- 2026-07-24: advisory