CVE-2026-16661
HIGH
8,2
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: high
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
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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 exploit this vulnerability, allowing arbitrary code to be executed in the host firmware runtime, giving full control over the managed system, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
StableCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Integrity
Confidentiality
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Instability
Modify Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Alter Execution Logic
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Not Language-Specific, C
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283237