CVE-2026-18871
Power System Buffer Overflow
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Power System Buffer Overflow
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-18871- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-62743
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-62743- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-28wc-xwjr-q8gm
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 is...
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.
- Record
GHSA-28wc-xwjr-q8gm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-18871- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121
- 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 l1022 \(9786-22h\) firmware
- ibm power system l1024 \(9786-42h\) firmware
- ibm power system l1122 \(9856-22h\) firmware
- 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
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- 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
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-2026-18871 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) 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 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.