CVE-2018-1383: IBM Aix

Critical severity, CVSS 9.1. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A software logic bug creates a vulnerability in an AIX 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 daemon which could allow a user with root privileges on one system, to obtain root access on another machine. IBM X-force ID: 138117.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 6.1 only; version 6.1.1 only; version 6.1.2 only; version 6.1.3 only; version 6.1.4 only; version 6.1.5 only; …

Published 2018-02-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.