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CVE-2023-45169: IBM AIX denial of service

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

IBM AIX 7.2, 7.3, and VIOS 3.1 could allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the pmsvcs kernel extension to cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 267967.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 7.2, 7.3
• IBM VIOS: 3.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267967
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7105282
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267967
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7105282

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