Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-16828Power System Out-of-bounds Read

High 7.6

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Power Systems Firmware from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.6High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 ASMI web interface. An unauthenticated attacker on the management network can cause the ASMI web server to crash with possible memory corruption and generate an error log; hosted partitions are not affected. The ASMI web interface will restart automatically; however, repeated exploitation could result in a sustained loss of access to the ASMI management interface, resulting in an integrity and availability impact.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Power Systems Firmware	FW1120.00FW1110.00 – through FW1110.30FW1060.00 – through FW1060.80FW950.00 – through FW950.H2

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283898 vendor-advisory, patch