VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-16997

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.18%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2026-08-20

Last modified2026-10-27

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 commands due to improper privilege management.