CVE-2026-19442

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX Virtual SCSI (vSCSI) initiator driver. Successful exploitation may result in denial of service, privilege escalation, or full compromise of the client LPAR kernel.

CVSS v3 8.2 HIGH

8.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:vios::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-20 22:17

Updated : 2026-08-25 18:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-19442

Mitre link : CVE-2026-19442

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-19442

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

aix
vios

CWE

CWE-822

Untrusted Pointer Dereference

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