What is GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j?

GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j 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-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j cover?

GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16996. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j?

GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4jHighCVSS 8.8

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 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16996 →

📋 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 an integer underflow.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16996
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rm2-2jmf-rx4j