CVE-2026-7868 (GCVE-0-2026-7868)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 15:59 – Updated: 2026-07-28 17:36
VLAI
Title
This Power System update is being released to address incorrect authorization
Summary
IBM OPENBMC FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.71 allows ReadOnly users to escalate privileges and give themselves administrator privileges.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280641 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM OPENBMC Affected: FW1110.00 , ≤ FW1110.20 (semver)
Affected: FW1060.00 , ≤ FW1060.71 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1110.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1110.00.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1110.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1110.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1060.00.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1060.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:openbmc:fw1060.71.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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