What is GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68?

GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68 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-4885-hmx6-9m68 cover?

GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16922. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68?

GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68HighCVSS 7.0

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 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16922 →

📋 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 time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16922
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4885-hmx6-9m68