CVE-2026-16927

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Oct 26, 2026

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-367

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
IBMAIX7.2; 7.3
IBMPowerVM VIOS4.1

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 20, 2026
Last modified
Oct 26, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2026-16927: High severity, CVSS 7.0 | Vulnix