CVE-2026-17160

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-21. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: 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 execute arbitrary code due to an integer overflow during size computation.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
59(Track)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
45%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 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-2026-17160(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 49× in last 7d / 216× 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 237 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-21 06:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-21 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 22:00 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-20 22:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  8. 2026-09-20 03:47 UTCEG score recompute
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  10. 2026-09-19 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-09-18 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-18 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-09-17 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-17 21:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  7. 2026-09-16 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
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  9. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-16 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-16 05:31 UTCEG score recompute
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  13. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  29. 2026-09-13 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-09-12 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-12 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-09-11 18:36 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-11 18:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-09-11 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-11 10:14 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-11 10:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-09-11 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-09-10 13:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
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  70. 2026-09-07 19:40 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17160?
CVE-2026-17160 is a critical vulnerability published on August 20, 2026. IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an integer overflow during size computation.
When was CVE-2026-17160 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17160 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 20, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17160 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17160 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 55.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17160?
CVE-2026-17160 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17160?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17160, 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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