What is GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282?

GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282 cover?

GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-17040. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282?

GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282CriticalCVSS 9.8

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-17040 →

📋 Description

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

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17040
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg5p-q458-f282