CVE-2026-17511 LOW

CVE-2026-17511: This Power System update is being released to address

Vendor Ibm
Product PowerVM Hypervisor
Weakness CWE-212
Published September 24, 2026
Last update September 24, 2026

CVSS base score

3.4/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1060.00 through FW1060.81, and FW950.00 through FW950.H3 is affected by a vulnerability in the partition resource dump interface. An attacker with authenticated administrator-level access to the HMC or service processor can obtain a limited snapshot of partition processor state. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality impact to the managed system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 24, 2026 CVE published
September 24, 2026 Record updated