VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-17171

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.17%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2026-08-20

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 overwrite arbitrary files due to improper resolution of symbolic links.