Is CVE-2026-17118 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-17118?

CVE-2026-17118 has a CVSS v3 severity of CRITICAL (9.8).

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Description

IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a use-after-free vulnerability.