PowerShell Information Disclosure Vulnerability

published 2023-11-20 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-powershell-2023-36013 , EUVD-2023-39997

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 distros 1 links 1

bitnami powershell 7.2.17, 7.3.10
Microsoft PowerShell 7.2 7.2.17
Microsoft PowerShell 7.3 7.3.10

powershell Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +3 more 7.3.10-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-36013

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msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36013 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-10)

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
OSV	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	powershell	>=7.2.0, <7.2.17 >=7.3.0, <7.3.10	7.2.17 7.3.10

Affected products

Microsoft PowerShell 7.2
Microsoft PowerShell 7.3
Microsoft PowerShell 7.4

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

msrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36013
vendor-advisory, patch, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36013
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary