What is GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927?

GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927 cover?

GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16973. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927?

GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927MediumCVSS 5.5

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16973 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive kernel memory due to an out-of-bounds read.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16973
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4fgj-wp8f-5927