CVE-2026-16678 (GCVE-0-2026-16678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-12 20:52
Modified
2026-10-12 22:53
CWE
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Summary
IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting connection resources due to improper resource management.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Virtualization Management Interface Version: FW1110.00   ≤ FW1110.31
Version: FW1120.00   ≤ FW1120.01
Version: FW1060.00   ≤ FW1060.81
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.00.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.00.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.01.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.00.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.81.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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