What is GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j?

GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j 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 remote authenticated attacker to...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j cover?

GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-18716. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j?

GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9jHighCVSS 7.9

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-18716 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to an out-of-bounds read.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18716
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5w7c-9hff-vv9j