CVE-2026-16997EPSS p6.3%

CVE-2026-16997CVE-2026-16997

ibm / vios

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.18% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.3% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-25
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.