diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/cimSupport/cmdletization/cim/cimConverter.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/cimSupport/cmdletization/cim/cimConverter.cs
index da075286c34..dd4b77062ba 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/cimSupport/cmdletization/cim/cimConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management/cimSupport/cmdletization/cim/cimConverter.cs
@@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ internal static object ConvertFromCimToDotNet(object cimObject, Type expectedDot
                 var cimIntrinsicValue = (byte[])LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo(cimObject, typeof(byte[]), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                 return exceptionSafeReturn(delegate
                                                {
-                                                   #pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
-                                                   return new X509Certificate2(cimIntrinsicValue);
-                                                   #pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
+                                                   return X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate(cimIntrinsicValue);
                                                });
             }
 
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
index 4cbb346fb14..133412fd8fd 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/CoreCLR/CorePsPlatform.cs
@@ -280,7 +280,17 @@ private static string GetHomeOrCreateTempHome()
             try
             {
                 s_tempHome = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), StringUtil.Format(tempHomeFolderName, Environment.UserName));
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(s_tempHome);
+
+                // Create the temporary home directory with the user-only permission.
+                UnixFileMode userOnlyMode = UnixFileMode.UserRead | UnixFileMode.UserWrite | UnixFileMode.UserExecute;
+                var dirInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory(s_tempHome, userOnlyMode);
+                if (dirInfo.UnixFileMode != userOnlyMode)
+                {
+                    // The permission is not as expected, which indicates the directory may be pre-created by a different user.
+                    // Throw an exception and fail PowerShell in this case for security reason.
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        StringUtil.Format(CoreClrStubResources.TempHomeDirectoryUnsafePermission, s_tempHome));
+                }
             }
             catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
             {
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
index add0eab25dc..7e524e14a44 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
@@ -7292,9 +7292,7 @@ internal static PSSenderInfo RehydratePSSenderInfo(PSObject pso)
         private static System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2 RehydrateX509Certificate2(PSObject pso)
         {
             byte[] rawData = GetPropertyValue<byte[]>(pso, "RawData");
-            #pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
-            return new System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2(rawData);
-            #pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
+            return System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate(rawData);
         }
 
         private static System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X500DistinguishedName RehydrateX500DistinguishedName(PSObject pso)
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/CoreClrStubResources.resx b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/CoreClrStubResources.resx
index 7be2f9081f6..25eb1f4bf1f 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/CoreClrStubResources.resx
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/resources/CoreClrStubResources.resx
@@ -138,4 +138,8 @@
   <data name="UnknownErrorNumber" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Unknown error "{0}".</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="TempHomeDirectoryUnsafePermission" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The temporary HOME directory '{0}' already exists but does not have the expected user-only permission. It may have been created by a different user, which is a potential security risk. PowerShell will not start until this directory is removed, its permission is corrected, or the 'HOME' environment variable is set.</value>
+    <comment>{StrContains="HOME"}</comment>
+  </data>
 </root>
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
index dc6d048c5b1..1bb31cbe160 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/security/SecuritySupport.cs
@@ -908,11 +908,11 @@ internal static string Encrypt(byte[] contentBytes, CmsMessageRecipient[] recipi
             return encodedContent;
         }
 
-        internal static readonly string BEGIN_CMS_SIGIL = "-----BEGIN CMS-----";
-        internal static readonly string END_CMS_SIGIL = "-----END CMS-----";
+        internal const string BEGIN_CMS_SIGIL = "-----BEGIN CMS-----";
+        internal const string END_CMS_SIGIL = "-----END CMS-----";
 
-        internal static readonly string BEGIN_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----";
-        internal static readonly string END_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL = "-----END CERTIFICATE-----";
+        internal const string BEGIN_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----";
+        internal const string END_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL = "-----END CERTIFICATE-----";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds Ascii armour to a byte stream in Base64 format.
@@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ private void ResolveFromBase64Encoding(ResolutionPurpose purpose, out ErrorRecor
             byte[] messageBytes = null;
             try
             {
+                // The base64 encoded string should represent a single DER-encoded X.509 public certificate.
+                // So we check it against the "BEGIN/END CERTIFICATE" PEM labels.
                 messageBytes = CmsUtils.RemoveAsciiArmor(_identifier, CmsUtils.BEGIN_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL, CmsUtils.END_CERTIFICATE_SIGIL, out startIndex, out endIndex);
             }
             catch (FormatException)
@@ -1105,11 +1107,7 @@ private void ResolveFromBase64Encoding(ResolutionPurpose purpose, out ErrorRecor
             var certificatesToProcess = new X509Certificate2Collection();
             try
             {
-                #pragma warning disable SYSLIB0057
-                X509Certificate2 newCertificate = new X509Certificate2(messageBytes);
-                #pragma warning restore SYSLIB0057
-
-                certificatesToProcess.Add(newCertificate);
+                certificatesToProcess.Add(X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate(messageBytes));
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {