CVE-2026-16872: ibm vios, ibm aix

CVSS 9.8 (critical) ยท published 2026-08-19

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-based buffer overflow.

Affected products (NVD): ibm vios, ibm aix

Fixed in (NVD): 4.1.0.50, 4.1.1.30, 4.1.2.20

Weakness: CWE-121

Source: NVD CVE-2026-16872

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