CVE-2026-4932 (GCVE-0-2026-4932)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 18:09 – Updated: 2026-07-28 18:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
This Power System update is being released to address Insufficient Entropy
Summary
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.71 could allow an attacker with physical access to the Transparent Memory Encryption (TME) hardware to decrypt encrypted memory due to insufficient cryptographic entropy.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-331 - Insufficient Entropy
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280632 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | PowerVM Hypervisor |
Affected:
FW1110.00 , ≤ FW1110.20
(semver)
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