What is GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx?

GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx 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 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx cover?

GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-19442. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx?

GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmxHighCVSS 8.2

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-19442 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX Virtual SCSI (vSCSI) initiator driver. Successful exploitation may result in denial of service, privilege escalation, or full compromise of the client LPAR kernel.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19442
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mrg6-q394-8jmx