PT-2026-78603
CVE-2026-16841
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Published
2026-08-15
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Updated
2026-08-24
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM AIX versions 7.2 and 7.3
IBM PowerVM VIOS version 4.1
Description
A stack buffer overflow allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. A stack buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer located on the stack than the buffer is allocated to hold, potentially overwriting adjacent memory.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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