Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2026-17097Power System Improper Validation

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-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 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.4% 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 the PowerVM hypervisor call interface. An attacker with root access to a guest partition can issue a specially crafted hypervisor call causing a virtual processor to become permanently unresponsive, requiring a full platform re-IPL to restore normal operation. In some cases this may also cause the guest to inject a small amount of data into hypervisor or partition memory with no attacker control over the target location. Successful exploitation results in an integrity and availability impact to the managed system.

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-129 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283231 vendor-advisory, patch