What is GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9?

GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9 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-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9 cover?

GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16855. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9?

GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9MediumCVSS 5.5

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-2026-16855 →

📋 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 a heap buffer overflow.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16855
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7x9-3h4v-9mc9