4.8Medium
Ibm Vios
CVE-2026-17424
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.
What this means for your business
- It affects Ibm Vios. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Ibm Vios, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Assigned by
- psirt@us.ibm.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-08-25
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Ibm Vios4.1.0 - 4.1.0.50, 4.1.1.0 - 4.1.1.30, 4.1.2.0 - 4.1.2.20
- Ibm Aix7.2.5 - 7.2.5.212, 7.3.2 - 7.3.2.5, 7.3.3 - 7.3.3.2, 7.3.4 - 7.3.4.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.