Security Advisory

CVE-2026-17171

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-08-20 21:57:12

Last updated 2026-08-21 15:53:45

Assigner ibm

CVSS score 7.8

State PUBLISHED

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.