NetSight
high7.8

CVE-2026-16946

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 heap buffer overflow.

Impact

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 heap buffer overflow.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
IbmVios
from 4.1.0 before 4.1.0.50
from 4.1.1.0 before 4.1.1.30
from 4.1.2.0 before 4.1.2.20
IbmAix
from 7.2.5 through 7.2.5.212
from 7.3.2 through 7.3.2.5
from 7.3.3 through 7.3.3.2
from 7.3.4 through 7.3.4.1

Weakness classification

References