What is GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj?

GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj cover?

GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16890. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj?

GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphjLowCVSS 3.6

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16890 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to an integer overflow.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16890
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8m49-m6m5-wphj