CVE-2026-19442

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 43/100
Published: 2026-08-20 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX Virtual SCSI (vSCSI) initiator driver. Successful exploitation may result in denial of service, privilege escalation, or full compromise of the client LPAR kernel.

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

43 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.16%
Raw Score 0.001640
Percentile 5.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00164
2026-10-28
0.00164

Intelligence Sources

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