CVE-2026-16833CWE-125

CVE-2026-16833

Medium · published August 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00402 · 33.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-08-20T00:17Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
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—
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
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 19:29Z
    Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
    cvelistv5