VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-18842
CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.15%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-20
Last modified2026-10-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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 gain elevated privileges due to an out-of-bounds write.
Weakness classification
- psirt@us.ibm.com: CWE-787
Primary references
- psirt@us.ibm.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory