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CVE-2026-16888

LOW 3.7

Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to a path traversal vulnerability.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor ibm
Product aix
Published Aug 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

IBM / AIX
7.2 7.3
IBM / PowerVM VIOS
4.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
ibm.com: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858

Credits

CVE-2026-14970, CVE-2026-15061, CVE-2026-15078, CVE-2026-15065, CVE-2026-15068 were reported to IBM by Oneconsult AG (https://oneconsult.com/).