CVE-2026-16851

HIGH

MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 60/100

Published: 2026-08-19 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Adjacent Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Scope Change

AV: Adjacent

AC: Low

PR: None

UI: None

S: Changed

C: None

I: None

A: High

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 use-after-free.

CWE-416

Vendor	Product	Version
ibm	aix	7.2.5 – 7.2.5.212
ibm	vios	4.1.0 – 4.1.0.50

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858

Patch Vendor Advisory

60 / 100

✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

7.4 / 10.0 v3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.31%

Raw Score 0.003070

Percentile 23.5%

Date 2026-10-29

2026-10-29

0.00307

2026-10-28

0.00307

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