CVE-2026-96265 HIGH

CVE-2026-96265: IBM Power Systems Firmware Improper Memory Buffer Restriction

Vendor Ibm
Product PowerVM Hypervisor
Weakness CWE-119
Published October 12, 2026
Last update October 13, 2026

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 is affected by a vulnerability in the service processor mailbox interface. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the FSP can send a specially crafted mailbox message to read or modify arbitrary regions of Hostboot memory, compromising the host firmware boot stack and the hypervisor subsequently loaded by it. Successful exploitation results in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 12, 2026 CVE published
October 13, 2026 Record updated