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CRITICAL Received

CVE-2026-16835

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.

Published 19 Aug 2026, 19:17 UTC Last modified 19 Aug 2026, 19:17 UTC
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Attack profile

The conditions required to exploit this vulnerability and its potential impact.

Attack vector Adjacent network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High
Exploitability2.8
Impact6.0
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Weakness classification

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Source references

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