CVE-2026-16835 (GCVE-0-2026-16835)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 18:52
Modified
2026-08-22 03:56
Severity ?
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Power Systems Firmware Version: FW1120.00
Version: FW1110.00   ≤ FW1110.30
Version: FW1060.00   ≤ FW1060.80
Version: FW950.00   ≤ FW950.H2
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1120.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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