CVE-2026-16848

HIGH CVSS 8.8 View on NVD ↗

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of shell metacharacters in DHCP options.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858

Published: Aug 19, 2026 20:17 UTC Modified: Aug 20, 2026 16:17 UTC