IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper validation of the ODMDIR environment variable.
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| Description | IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper validation of the ODMDIR environment variable. | |
| Title | Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-21T03:56:03.287Z
Reserved: 2026-07-24T07:29:46.877Z
Link: CVE-2026-16932
Updated: 2026-08-20T16:18:27.653Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-20T15:17:29.460
Modified: 2026-08-21T04:17:54.183
Link: CVE-2026-16932
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-20T20:00:05Z