CVE Catalog
CVE-2026-16873
HighCVSS 7.8Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to achieve local privilege escalation due to an out-of-bounds write.
Risk Assessment
A local attacker could escalate privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized access to critical resources.
Recommendation
Apply security patches from IBM for affected systems.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to achieve local privilege escalation due to an out-of-bounds write.