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IBM AIX CVE-2026-16819

| EUVDEUVD-2026-62531 HIGH
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367)
2026-08-19 ibm GHSA-vf7p-vx9f-2xvg
7.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY
HIGH
qualitative
NVD
7.7 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
6.7 MEDIUM

TOCTOU exploitation requires winning a kernel-level timing race, making AC:H more accurate; all other metrics from the vendor vector are retained.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 19, 2026 - 16:06 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 19, 2026 - 15:07 cve.org
HIGH 7.7

DescriptionNVD

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service and compromise data integrity due to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition.

AnalysisAI

IBM AIX 7.2 and 7.3, along with IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1, expose a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that local, unprivileged attackers can exploit to corrupt data integrity or crash the system. The flaw requires only local shell access with no privileges, making it exploitable by any local user account on affected POWER-architecture systems. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Obtain local user access on AIX or VIOS host
Delivery
Identify TOCTOU-vulnerable kernel operation
Exploit
Script rapid resource substitution between check and use
Execution
Win timing race to alter resource state
Persist
Corrupt data structure or trigger system fault
Impact
Achieve integrity compromise or denial of service

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Local shell access on an IBM AIX 7.2/7.3 host or a PowerVM VIOS 4.1 management partition is required (AV:L). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The NVD-assigned CVSS 3.1 score of 7.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H) warrants scrutiny. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario A local user on an IBM AIX system - for example, a developer account or a compromised service account - runs a crafted script that repeatedly invokes a system operation subject to the TOCTOU window, racing to swap or modify the underlying resource between the kernel's check and its subsequent use. Successful exploitation either corrupts a target file or data structure (integrity impact) or triggers a kernel panic or resource exhaustion (denial of service). …
Remediation Apply the patch provided by IBM per advisory node/7283858 at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: inventory all IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3 and PowerVM VIOS 4.1 systems in production and identify which host mission-critical workloads or sensitive data. …

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