Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-18828Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in AIX from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM AIX 7.27.3
IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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