What is GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v?

GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v 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 execute arbitrary...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v cover?

GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16944. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v?

GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4vMediumCVSS 6.7

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 21, 2026

Last Modified

August 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16944 →

📋 Description

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

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16944
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjqx-6hwg-mf4v