What is GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v?

GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v cover?

GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16943. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v?

GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7vHighCVSS 8.2

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16943 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a heap-based buffer overflow.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16943
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26j6-m5g9-2q7v