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CVE-2026-16874

ibm · vios

Published
CVSS7.8
Severityhigh
WeaknessCWE-269
ExploitedNot in CISA KEV

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to obtain root privileges due to improper enforcement of RBAC authentication roles.

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