CVE-2026-16822

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.39.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to impersonate the TNC policy server and modify traffic due to improper certificate validation.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3(medium)
EG Risk
57(Track)
EG Risk 57/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity93% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16822(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 47× in last 7d / 215× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 236 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-20 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-20 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-20 04:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-19 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-19 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-19 19:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-09-19 11:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-19 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  12. 2026-09-18 22:49 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-18 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-18 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-09-18 09:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-18 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-17 21:29 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-17 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-17 13:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-17 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-16 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-16 14:33 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 14:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-16 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-16 05:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 05:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-16 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-15 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-15 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-09-13 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-13 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-09-13 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-09-12 16:08 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-09-12 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-09-11 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-11 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-11 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-11 10:02 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-11 10:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-11 05:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  47. 2026-09-10 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-09-10 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-10 13:19 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-10 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-09-10 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-09-09 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-09 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  65. 2026-09-07 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-07 19:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
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  73. 2026-09-06 14:41 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-09-06 14:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16822?
CVE-2026-16822 is a critical vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to impersonate the TNC policy server and modify traffic due to improper certificate validation.
When was CVE-2026-16822 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16822 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16822 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16822 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 90.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16822?
CVE-2026-16822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16822?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16822, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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