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CVE-2026-16997

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper privilege management.

Impact

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper privilege management.

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