PT-2026-79250 · Ibm · Powervm Vios+1

CVE-2026-18840

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Published

2026-08-20

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Updated

2026-08-22

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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 Local attackers can execute arbitrary code due to improper validation of an attacker-controlled pointer.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-18840

Affected Products

Aix
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