What is GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq?

GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq 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-j5w7-w885-v6wq cover?

GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16897. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq?

GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wqMediumCVSS 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 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16897 →

📋 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 an out-of-bounds write.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16897
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j5w7-w885-v6wq