What is GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69?

GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to overwrite...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69 cover?

GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16926. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69?

GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69CriticalCVSS 9.1

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16926 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files due to improper neutralization of special elements in input.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16926
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83fg-6ff4-5q69