HIGHCVSS 7.3

CVE-2026-16927

CVE-2026-16927 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-08-26
Sources: nvd

Summary

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16927

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