CVE-2026-16972mediumCWE-287

CVE-2026-16972: medium-severity vulnerability in IBM AIX

Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 0.5%
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper authentication.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected products
IBM · AIXIBM · PowerVM VIOS
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