CVE-2026-19446

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted UDP packet to a reachable RPC service, resulting in complete system unavailability and requiring an LPAR restart.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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 19:31

NVD link : CVE-2026-19446

Mitre link : CVE-2026-19446

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-19446

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ibm

aix
vios

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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