CVE-2026-16885

CriticalCVSS 9.8

Published: 19/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 20/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack buffer overflow.

An attacker could remotely execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to system takeover and data confidentiality breach.

Apply security patches from IBM for affected system versions.

Original NVD description (English source)

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack buffer overflow.