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CVE-2026-16973

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-08-20 Modified: 2026-10-27 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive kernel memory due to an out-of-bounds read.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
ibm aix 7.2.5 – 7.2.5.212
ibm vios 4.1.0 – 4.1.0.50

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.14%
Raw Score 0.001430
Percentile 3.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00143
2026-10-28
0.00143

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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