PowerShell Panic: Microsoft’s New Warning Aims to Save Your Scripts from Self-Destruction! 🚨💻
PowerShell scripts now come with a side of security warnings! When using the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet, be prepared for a pop-up asking if you’d like to risk unleashing rogue scripts from web pages. Press ‘Enter’ by mistake? No worries, PowerShell’s got your back with a friendly reminder to use -UseBasicParsing for safety!
Hot Take:
It’s about time PowerShell gets its act together and stops letting scripts run wild like they’re late for a tech conference happy hour! Who knew that downloading web content could be as risky as downloading a “free” antivirus software from a sketchy website?
Key Points:
- Microsoft adds a security warning to PowerShell 5.1 for web content downloads.
- Addresses a high-severity vulnerability CVE-2025-54100 affecting enterprise environments.
- Warns users of potential script execution risks with Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet.
- Users can opt for safer processing with the ‘-UseBasicParsing’ parameter.
- Applies to both ‘Invoke-WebRequest’ and its alias ‘curl’ in PowerShell.
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