CVE-2026-17171 in AIX

Riassunto

di MITRE • 21/08/2026

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files due to improper resolution of symbolic links.

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• Responsabile: Ibm
• Prenotare: 24/07/2026
• Divulgazione: 21/08/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-393929
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-59 (confermato)
• CVSS: 7.8 (CNA)
• EPSS: 0.00174
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Hostingprovider, Government, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17171
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17171
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-17171/