CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-16821

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-08-28 Modified 2026-09-02 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-28
Last modified
2026-09-02
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-134

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 a format string vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• ibm aix (>= 7.2.5.0 <= 7.2.5.212) • ibm aix (>= 7.3.2 <= 7.3.2.5) • ibm aix (>= 7.3.3 <= 7.3.3.2) • ibm aix (>= 7.3.4 <= 7.3.4.1) • ibm vios (>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.0.50) • ibm vios (>= 4.1.1 < 4.1.1.30) • ibm vios (>= 4.1.2.0 < 4.1.2.20)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness

References