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CVE-2024-27260: IBM AIX command execution

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 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: 2024-05-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-250

Description

IBM AIX could 7.2, 7.3, VIOS 3.1, and VIOS 4.1 allow a non-privileged local user to exploit a vulnerability in the invscout command to execute arbitrary commands. IBM X-Force ID: 283985.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 7.2, 7.3
• IBM VIOS: 3.1, 4.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283985
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7152543
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283985
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7152543

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