CVE-2026-16836 in AIX

Summary

by MITRE • 08/19/2026

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 uncontrolled resource consumption.

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• Responsible: Ibm
• Reservation: 07/24/2026
• Disclosure: 08/19/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-393337
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-400 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.5 (CNA)
• EPSS: 0.00549
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Pharma, Hostingprovider, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16836
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16836
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-16836/