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CVE-2026-19783

IBM AIX — Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0011    1.3     —
AFFECTED
  Product       Versions  Fixed
  AIX           7.2 –     —
  PowerVM VIOS  4.1 –     —
TIMELINE
  Aug 13  Reserved by ibm
  Aug 20  Published (CNA: ibm)
  Aug 25  RESCORED — CVE-2026-19783 (IBM AIX). CVSS 6.7 → 7.8 (NVD).
CWE-787 · CNA: ibm · CVSS v3.1 · 1 reference · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause kernel memory corruption due to insufficient validation. A crafted filesystem image can trigger an out-of-bounds kernel-stack write during directory reads, causing a system crash or potentially enabling privilege escalation.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
August 13, 2026ReservedReserved by ibm
August 20, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: ibm)
August 25, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2026-19783 (IBM AIX). CVSS 6.7 → 7.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
IBMAIX—7.2—
IBMPowerVM VIOS—4.1—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (1)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-19783 at cve.org

Vendors: ibm

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-19783 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.