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CVE-2026-16866

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Published: Aug 19, 2026Modified: Aug 20, 2026

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4.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 2.5
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds read.

Affected (7)

Products: Ibm: Vios, Aix
Ibm
2 products
Vios
Aix
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Vios
From 4.1.0 to 4.1.0.50
Vios
From 4.1.1.0 to 4.1.1.30
Vios
From 4.1.2.0 to 4.1.2.20
Configuration B
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ibm
Aix
From 7.2.5 to 7.2.5.212
Aix
From 7.3.2 to 7.3.2.5
Aix
From 7.3.3 to 7.3.3.2
Aix
From 7.3.4 to 7.3.4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (1)

Source: psirt@us.ibm.com
PatchVendor Advisory

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