Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-17028Power System Out-of-bounds Read

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read 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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 partition firmware during network boot. An unauthenticated attacker with access to the same network as a partition undergoing iSCSI SAN network boot can prevent that partition from completing its boot sequence. Other partitions and the managed system are not affected. Only partitions actively performing an iSCSI SAN network boot are affected, resulting in an availability impact.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	PowerVM Hypervisor	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:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283233 vendor-advisory, patch