CVE•Published 2026-08-20•Modified 2026-08-25•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-19442Ibm · Vios
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
2
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 98% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 has a pointer validation flaw exists in the AIX Virtual SCSI (vSCSI) initiator driver. Successful exploitation may result in denial of service, privilege escalation, or full compromise of the client LPAR kernel.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-25
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). Live host counts are a Premium feature.
Shodan · vuln tag
vuln:CVE-2026-19442Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Ibm Vios"All exposed Ibm Vios instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Vios"HTTP body or banner mentions "Vios" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-19442Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-19442Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-19442Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-19442GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-19442" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.