High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2026

CVE-2026-16848

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.

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Affected products

IBM/PowerVM VIOSllm-fuzzy
Range: 4.1
IBM/Aixllm-fuzzy
Range: 7.2, 7.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858nvd

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