Vulnerability · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36238Power System Exposure of Sensitive System Information

Medium 6.0

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in PowerVM Hypervisor from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.03, FW1060.00 through FW1060.51, and FW950.00 through FW950.F0 could allow a local user with administration privileges to obtain sensitive information from a Virtual TPM through a series of PowerVM service procedures.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 – through FW1110.03FW1060.00 – through FW1060.51FW950.00 – through FW950.F0

Weakness: CWE-497 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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