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CVE-2026-16991

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed
NVD · CVE.org

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper handling of symbolic links.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 7.8 · ibmNVD modified 2026-10-27 10:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 2

  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 1