CVE-2026-17425
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 20, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAIXVIOSpowervm_vios
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to a stack buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 4.1.0.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.1.30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.2.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHibm
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787
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