{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-17097","assignerOrgId":"9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"ibm","dateReserved":"2026-07-24T15:01:11.485Z","datePublished":"2026-08-19T19:43:31.094Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-20T15:57:05.381Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"9a959283-ebb5-44b6-b705-dcc2bbced522","shortName":"ibm","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T19:43:53.616Z"},"title":"Power System Improper Validation","problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","cweId":"CWE-129","description":"CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index","type":"CWE"}]}],"affected":[{"vendor":"IBM","product":"PowerVM Hypervisor","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"FW1120.00"},{"status":"affected","version":"FW1110.00","lessThanOrEqual":"FW1110.30","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"affected","version":"FW1060.00","lessThanOrEqual":"FW1060.80","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"affected","version":"FW950.00","lessThanOrEqual":"FW950.H2","versionType":"semver"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1120.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1110.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw1060.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:o:ibm:power_systems_firmware:fw950.h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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.","supportingMedia":[{"type":"text/html","base64":false,"value":"

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.

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Customers with the products below should install FW1110.31(1110_134), FW1120.01(1120_167), or newer to remediate this vulnerability.
Power 11

  1. IBM Power System E1180 (9080-HEU)

Customers with the products below should install FW1110.31(1110_155), FW1120.01(1120_190), 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)

Customers with the products below should install FW1120.01(1120_190), or newer to remediate this vulnerability.

Power 11

  1. IBM Power System S1112 (9242-21B, 9242-21T)


Customers with the products below should install FW1060.81(1060_184), or newer to remediate this vulnerability.
Power 10

  1. IBM Power System E1080 (9080-HEX)

Customers with the products below should install  FW1060.81(1060_191), 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)

Customers with the products below should install FW950.H3(950_230) or newer to remediate this vulnerability.
Power 9

  1. IBM Power System S922 (9009-22G)
  2. IBM Power System H922 (9223-22S)
  3. IBM Power System S914 (9009-41G)
  4. IBM Power System S924 (9009-42G)
  5. IBM Power System H924 (9223-42S)
  6. IBM Power System E950 (9040-MR9)
  7. IBM Power System E980 (9080-M9S)

The images mentioned above can be located at IBM Fix Central : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

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