VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-16996

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-20
Last modified2026-10-27
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 an integer underflow.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references