What is GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc?

GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc cover?

GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-18822. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc?

GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rcMediumCVSS 4.4

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-18822 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to uncontrolled resource consumption when parsing directory records.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18822
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5cx-55qm-78rc