EUVD-2026-62869
GHSA-99p8-3qr2-4qg3
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local low-privilege access required to reach vulnerable code; OOB read yields high confidentiality impact with no write capability or DoS; scope remains unchanged.
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CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information due to an out-of-bounds read.
AnalysisAI
Out-of-bounds memory read in IBM AIX 7.2 and 7.3, and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 exposes sensitive system memory to locally authenticated users holding low-privilege accounts. The flaw (CWE-125) allows an attacker with existing local access to read memory contents beyond intended buffer boundaries, producing high confidentiality impact while leaving system integrity and availability unaffected. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires a local authenticated account on the affected IBM AIX 7.2, AIX 7.3, or PowerVM VIOS 4.1 system with at minimum low-privilege access, consistent with CVSS PR:L. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium) correctly reflects the constrained attack surface: AV:L limits exploitation to actors already present on the system, and PR:L requires at minimum a valid low-privilege local account, ruling out unauthenticated or remote opportunistic attacks. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | A low-privilege local user on an IBM AIX 7.2 or 7.3 host crafts a request - such as a malformed system call argument or specially constructed input to a setuid/privileged binary - that triggers the out-of-bounds read, causing the OS to return memory contents from beyond the intended buffer boundary. The leaked memory region may include sensitive data belonging to other processes, kernel data structures, or cryptographic material resident in memory at the time of the read. … |
| Remediation | Apply the vendor-released patch documented in IBM security advisory 7283858, available at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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