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CVE-2026-16938

Ibm Power System E1080 \(9080-Hex\) Firmware

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, FW1060.00 through FW1060.80, and FW950.00 through FW950.H2 is affected by a vulnerability in access controls over privileged system configuration operations on the FSP. An attacker with authenticated administrator-level access to the FSP can place the managed system into a non-production operational mode, allowing certain system components to be disabled. This condition persists across FSP resets and requires explicit operator intervention — clearing the affected configuration — to restore normal operation. Successful exploitation results in an availability impact to the managed system.

Exploitation status

  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is reachable only from the same local or logical network.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, an administrative account is needed.
  • Beyond that, no action by a user is required.

Scoring

CVSS
6.9 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Assigned by
psirt@us.ibm.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-19
Last modified
2026-08-25
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Ibm Power System E1080 \(9080-Hex\) Firmwarefw1060.00 - fw1060.81
  • Ibm Power System E1080 \(9080-Hex\)all versions
  • Ibm Power System E1180 \(9080-Heu\) Firmwarefw1110.00 - fw1110.31, fw1120.00
  • Ibm Power System E1180 \(9080-Heu\)all versions
  • Ibm Power System S922 \(9009-22g\) Firmwarefw950.00 - fw950.h3
  • Ibm Power System S922 \(9009-22g\)all versions
  • Ibm Power System H922 \(9223-22s\) Firmwarefw950.00 - fw950.h3
  • Ibm Power System H922 \(9223-22s\)all versions
  • Ibm Power System S914 \(9009-41g\) Firmwarefw950.00 - fw950.h3
  • Ibm Power System S914 \(9009-41g\)all versions
  • Ibm Power System S924 \(9009-42g\) Firmwarefw950.00 - fw950.h3
  • Ibm Power System S924 \(9009-42g\)all versions

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

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