CVE Catalog
CVE-2026-16846
MediumCVSS 6.5Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to a null pointer dereference.
Risk Assessment
A remote attack could lead to system crash, potentially disrupting services.
Recommendation
Apply security patches from IBM for affected systems.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to a null pointer dereference.