CVE-2026-16946EPSS p3.8%

CVE-2026-16946CVE-2026-16946

ibm / vios

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to a heap buffer overflow.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.15% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.8% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-24
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