7.0
High
CVE-2026-16838 IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to overwrite critical files and obtain…
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to overwrite critical files and obtain sensitive information due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AIX | 7.3 | No fix stated |
| AIX | 7.2 | No fix stated |
| PowerVM VIOS | 4.1 | No fix stated |
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