CVE-2026-17170

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 improper validation of an allocation size.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Analyzed - psirt@us.ibm.com

Published

2026-08-20

Last modified

2026-10-26

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected products

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

References

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