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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-16707 EUVD-2026-62840GHSA-8pm5-m8h3-36ww

Power System Out-of-bounds Read

Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, FW1060.00 through FW1060.80, and FW950.00 through FW950.H2 is affected by a vulnerability in the service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 – ≤ FW1110.30, FW1060.00 – ≤ FW1060.80, FW950.00 – ≤ FW950.H2 —

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