Vulnerability Analysis
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
CVE-2026-16656
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to gain root privileges due to improper authentication.
Authentication Bypass
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:-
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
No
KEV Date Added
—
Ransomware Use
—
KEV Due Date
—
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
—
EPSS Percentile
—
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
CRITICAL
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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Vulnerability Class
Authentication Bypass
Identity & Timeline
| Status | - |
| Assigning Authority | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| No affected products specified. | ||
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