CVE-2026-14970CWE-120

CVE-2026-14970

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 NIM server process is crashing during client registration due to buffer overflow.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00458 · 38.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Published
2026-08-19T19:16Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
ibm/vios≥ 4.1.0, < 4.1.0.504.1.0.50
ibm/vios≥ 4.1.1.0, < 4.1.1.304.1.1.30
ibm/vios≥ 4.1.2.0, < 4.1.2.204.1.2.20
ibm/aix≥ 7.2.5, ≤ 7.2.5.212—
ibm/aix≥ 7.3.2, ≤ 7.3.2.5—
ibm/aix≥ 7.3.3, ≤ 7.3.3.2—
ibm/aix≥ 7.3.4, ≤ 7.3.4.1—
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 14:56Z
    Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
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