CVE-2026-16997 in AIX

Summary

by MITRE • 08/21/2026

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper privilege management.

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• Responsible: Ibm
• Reservation: 07/24/2026
• Disclosure: 08/21/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-393964
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-269 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.8 (CNA)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Hostingprovider, Government, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16997
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16997
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-16997/