CVE-2026-16972

HIGH

MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 75/100

Published: 2026-08-20 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

AV: Network

AC: Low

PR: None

UI: None

S: Unchanged

C: High

I: None

A: None

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to improper authentication.

CWE-287

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

75 / 100

✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1

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

0.52%

Raw Score 0.005230

Percentile 44.3%

Date 2026-10-29

2026-10-29

0.00523

2026-10-28

0.00523

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