EIP-2026-100010

PRE-CVE

IBM AIX High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-100010. PoCs published by Kristian Erik Hermansen.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a path manipulation vulnerability in IBM AIX HACMP's clpasswd utility to achieve local privilege escalation to root by injecting a malicious 'su' binary into the PATH.

Description

IBM AIX High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Kristian Erik Hermansen · textlocalaix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38106

This exploit leverages a path manipulation vulnerability in IBM AIX HACMP's clpasswd utility to achieve local privilege escalation to root by injecting a malicious 'su' binary into the PATH.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IBM AIX High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP) 6.1.0
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to /tmp · clpasswd utility must be present
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026