What is GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw?

GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw 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-gvpr-6m55-ffxw cover?

GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16877. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw?

GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxwHighCVSS 8.8

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 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16877 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack-based buffer overflow.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16877
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvpr-6m55-ffxw