CVE•Published 2026-08-19•Modified 2026-08-24•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16845Ibm · Aix
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
54
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 46% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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 heap buffer overflow.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-19
Modified 2026-08-24
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-16845Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Aix"Hosts Shodan identified as running Aix.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16845Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16845Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16845Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16845GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16845" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2026-168454 repos
MateusVerass/nGixshellPython
nginx CVE scanner + RCE exploit framework (CVE-2026-42945 + 16 others)
hiifong/starListPython
Export your star's repository list
YuzeHao2023/daily-arxiv-ai4geoPython
🎓Automatically Update AI4Geo Papers Daily using Github Actions
Fathiah-0/Vulnerability-Assessment-with-Nessusunknown
This project presents the findings of vulnerability assessments conducted on a Linux-based web server using Tenable Nessus.