CVE-2026-16909

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an off-by-one error in bounds checking.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - psirt@us.ibm.com

Published

2026-08-19

Last modified

2026-10-26

Weaknesses

CWE-128

Affected products

• Aix (Ibm)
• Powervm Vios (Ibm)
• Vios (Ibm)

References

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858