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IBMCVE-2026-17429

IBM Power Systems Firmware: improper authorization

IBM

CVE-2026-17429 · Published Aug 19, 2026 · updated Aug 25, 2026

High8.1
No fix yet
IBM advisory

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, FW1060.00 through FW1060.80, FW950.00 through FW950.H2, OP940.00 through OP940.a1 (Power9), and OP940.00 - OP940.81 (Power HMC) is affected by a vulnerability in the interface between the BMC/FSP and the host system. An attacker with service account or root access to the BMC/FSP can write arbitrary data to hardware control registers, allowing full control over the host system and all hosted partitions, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Power Systems Firmware
Product
<= FW1120.00No fix yet
>= FW1110.00, <= FW1110.30No fix yet
>= FW1060.00, <= FW1060.80No fix yet
>= FW950.00, <= FW950.H2No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-863

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