VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-16869

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-19
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improperly scrubbed environment variables.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Primary references