CVE-2026-18871
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 is affected by a vulnerability in host firmware configuration parsing. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the service processor can write specially crafted configuration data, causing the host firmware boot stack to crash with possible memory corruption during system initialisation, resulting in an integrity and availability impact to the managed system.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (27)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- ibm power system e1050 (9043-mrx) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1050_\(9043-mrx\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system e1080 (9080-hex) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1080_\(9080-hex\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system e1150 (9043-mru) firmwarefw1110.00 → fw1110.31nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1150_\(9043-mru\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system e1150 (9043-mru) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1150_\(9043-mru\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system e1180 (9080-heu) firmwarefw1110.00 → fw1110.31nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1180_\(9080-heu\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system e1180 (9080-heu) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_e1180_\(9080-heu\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1022 (9786-22h) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1022_\(9786-22h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1024 (9786-42h) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1024_\(9786-42h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1122 (9856-22h) firmwarefw1110.00 → fw1110.31nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1122_\(9856-22h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1122 (9856-22h) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1122_\(9856-22h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1124 (9856-42h) firmwarefw1110.00 → fw1110.31nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1124_\(9856-42h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system l1124 (9856-42h) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_l1124_\(9856-42h\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1012 (9028-21b) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1012_\(9028-21b\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1014 (9105-41b) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1014_\(9105-41b\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1022 (9105-22a) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1022_\(9105-22a\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1022s (9105-22b) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1022s_\(9105-22b\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1024 (9105-42a) firmwarefw1060.00 → fw1060.81nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1024_\(9105-42a\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1112 (9242-21b) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1112_\(9242-21b\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1112 (9242-21t) firmware= fw1120.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1112_\(9242-21t\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- ibm power system s1114 (9824-41b) firmwarefw1110.00 → fw1110.31nvdUScpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_system_s1114_\(9824-41b\)_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (1) nvd
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283238Vendor Advisory
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