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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2026

CVE-2026-17171

CVE-2026-17171

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files due to improper resolution of symbolic links.

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Affected products

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IBM/Aixllm-fuzzy
IBM/PowerVM VIOSllm-fuzzy
Range: 4.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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

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