CVE-2026-14970

published 2026-08-19

CVE-2026-14970: IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 NIM server process is crashing during client registration due to buffer overflow.

Priority P3 42 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 NIM server process is crashing during client registration due to buffer overflow.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
ibm	aix	—	—
ibm	aix	—	—
ibm	aix	7.2.5 – 7.2.5.212	—
ibm	aix	7.3.2 – 7.3.2.5	—
ibm	aix	7.3.3 – 7.3.3.2	—
ibm	aix	7.3.4 – 7.3.4.1	—
ibm	powervm_vios	—	—
ibm	vios	>= 4.1.0 < 4.1.0.50	4.1.0.50
ibm	vios	>= 4.1.1.0 < 4.1.1.30	4.1.1.30
ibm	vios	>= 4.1.2.0 < 4.1.2.20	4.1.2.20

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