CVE-2026-16707
Power System Out-of-bounds Read
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Power System Out-of-bounds Read
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
- Record
CVE-2026-16707- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-62840
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
- Record
EUVD-2026-62840- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8pm5-m8h3-36ww
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, FW1060.00 through FW1060.80, and...
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
- Record
GHSA-8pm5-m8h3-36ww- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
- Record
CVE-2026-16707- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- ibm powervm hypervisor
- ibm power system e1050 \(9043-mrx\) firmware
- ibm power system e1080 \(9080-hex\) firmware
- ibm power system e1150 \(9043-mru\) firmware
- ibm power system e1180 \(9080-heu\) firmware
- ibm power system e950 \(9040-mr9\) firmware
- ibm power system e980 \(9080-m9s\) firmware
- ibm power system h922 \(9223-22s\) firmware
- ibm power system h924 \(9223-42s\) firmware
- ibm power system l1022 \(9786-22h\) firmware
- ibm power system l1024 \(9786-42h\) firmware
- ibm power system l1122 \(9856-22h\) firmware
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- ibm power system l1124 \(9856-42h\) firmware
- ibm power system s1012 \(9028-21b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1014 \(9105-41b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1022 \(9105-22a\) firmware
- ibm power system s1022s \(9105-22b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1024 \(9105-42a\) firmware
- ibm power system s1112 \(9242-21b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1112 \(9242-21t\) firmware
- ibm power system s1114 \(9824-41b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1122 \(9824-22a\) firmware
- ibm power system s1122s \(9824-22b\) firmware
- ibm power system s1124 \(9824-42a\) firmware
- ibm power system s914 \(9009-41g\) firmware
- ibm power system s922 \(9009-22g\) firmware
- ibm power system s924 \(9009-42g\) firmware
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-2026-16707 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Ibm Powervm Hypervisor, published August 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.