Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-16835

IBM Power Systems Firmware CWE-295

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 FSP management network protocol. An unauthenticated attacker on the management network can bypass authentication and perform any administrative operation on the managed system, including control of partition power state, configuration, and console access across all hosted partitions, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.

CVSS Score

9.6

Critical

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.4%

Riskier than 28% of all CVEs · checked 2026-10-07

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

Patch available

Vendor fix published