CVE-2026-16980

Published Aug 20, 2026

Last updated 3 days ago

CVSS medium 6.3

Overview

Description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper validation of symbolic links.
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.3
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

psirt@us.ibm.com
CWE-59

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.