CVE-2026-16678

IBM Power Systems Firmware Denial of Service

Published Oct 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting connection resources due to improper resource management.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

Virtualization Management Interface

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`FW1110.00`	affected	≤ FW1110.31
`FW1120.00`	affected	≤ FW1120.01
`FW1060.00`	affected	≤ FW1060.81

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Ibm

Virtualization Manager

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[FW1110.00,FW1110.31]`	affected	generic	—
`[FW1120.00,FW1120.01]`	affected	generic	—
`[FW1060.00,FW1060.81]`	affected	generic	—

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Customers with the products below should install FW1110.32(1110_160), FW1120.02(1120_195), or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Power 11 1) IBM Power System S1122 (9824-22A) 2) IBM Power System S1124 (9824-42A) 3) IBM Power System S1122s (9824-22B) 4) IBM Power System S1114 (9824-41B) 5) IBM Power System L1122 (9856-22H) 6) IBM Power System L1124 (9856-42H) 7) IBM Power System E1150 (9043-MRU) 8) IBM Power System S1112 (9242-21B, 9242-21T) The images mentioned above can be located at IBM Fix Central : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ Customers with the products below should install FW1060.82(1060_199) or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Power 10 1) IBM Power System S1022 (9105-22A) 2) IBM Power System S1024 (9105-42A) 3) IBM Power System S1022s (9105-22B) 4) IBM Power System S1014 (9105-41B) 5) IBM Power System L1022 (9786-22H) 6) IBM Power System L1024 (9786-42H) 7) IBM Power System E1050 (9043-MRX) 8) IBM Power System S1012 (9028-21B) The images mentioned above can be located at IBM Fix Central : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/ https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.205% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287270

History

Oct 13, 2026 7:30 AM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ibm virtualization Manager
Vendors & Products		Ibm virtualization Manager

Oct 12, 2026 11:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Oct 12, 2026 9:00 PM Description updated. Title updated. First appearance in the feed. Weaknesses updated. Affected versions updated. Affected vendors updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting connection resources due to improper resource management.
Title		IBM Power Systems Firmware Denial of Service
First Time appeared		Ibm Ibm virtualization Management Interface
Weaknesses		CWE-772
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.00.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.81.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1060.81:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.00.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.31.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1110.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.00.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.01.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:virtualization_management_interface:fw1120.01:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Ibm Ibm virtualization Management Interface
References		https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287270
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`