CVE-2026-19442
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 10, 2026
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX Virtual SCSI (vSCSI) initiator driver. Successful exploitation may result in denial of service, privilege escalation, or full compromise of the client LPAR kernel.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | ibm |
Weaknesses
- CWE-822 Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
AIXIBM |
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PowerVM VIOSIBM |
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References
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858vendor-advisorypatch
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