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GHSA-2MJM-M8VH-843X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-19 21:30 – Updated: 2026-08-19 21:30

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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 the FSP management network protocol. An unauthenticated attacker on the management network can bypass authentication and perform any administrative operation on the managed system, including control of partition power state, configuration, and console access across all hosted partitions, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-16835 (GCVE-0-2026-16835)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 18:52 – Updated: 2026-08-22 03:56

Title

Power System Improper Certificate Validation

Summary

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-21 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

Assigner

ibm mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283894	vendor-advisorypatch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
IBM	Power Systems Firmware	Affected: FW1120.00 Affected: FW1110.00 , ≤ FW1110.30 (semver) Affected: FW1060.00 , ≤ FW1060.80 (semver) Affected: FW950.00 , ≤ FW950.H2 (semver) cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1120.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.80:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.h2:::::::*

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