CVE-2025-0986
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
- Record
CVE-2025-0986- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-409
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8616
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8616- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qmj-p674-g42j
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a...
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
- Record
GHSA-9qmj-p674-g42j- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-409
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
- Record
CVE-2025-0986- CVSS 3.1
- 4.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-409
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-0986 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.5) in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor, published March 28, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.