CRITICAL 9.4 NVD

CVE-2026-16839

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an integer underflow in the IPv4 IP-options p

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an integer underflow in the IPv4 IP-options parser.

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Published: 2026-08-19 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-08-20
This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.4 was published on 2026-08-19 via NVD.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2026-08-19 · 0 days ago

Remediation Resources

Analysis & PoC
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858
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