What is GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc?

GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc 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 remote attacker to bypass security...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc cover?

GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-17424. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc?

GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvcMediumCVSS 4.8

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-17424 →

📋 Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17424
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxjq-gwp8-7mvc