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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-16997

IBM AIXIBM PowerVM VIOS

Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper privilege management.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (ibm) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
IBM AIX 7.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM AIX 7.3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-21
Last updated
2026-08-25
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
ibm

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.17%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
7%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-269
    Improper Privilege Management