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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-16926

CVE-2026-16926

IBM AIX — Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.1
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.1 (CNA)9.1 / 10 × 3027.3Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 46.9.469 × 209.4No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files due to improper neutralization of special elements in input.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
AIX7.2–CNA
AIX7.3–CNA
PowerVM VIOS4.1–CNA

Scores by source

ibm (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

patchibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858