CVE-2026-14970 Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS

High 7.5 Published 19 Aug 2026 Updated 20 Aug 2026

A buffer overflow in the IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS NIM server causes a crash during client registration, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2026-14970?

CVE-2026-14970 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 19 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14970?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Aix, Ibm Vios.

How do I fix CVE-2026-14970?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14970 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-14970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ibm Aix vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mx5v-7p9x-554j.