CVE-2026-17028
Power System Out-of-bounds Read
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 18th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
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 partition firmware during network boot. An unauthenticated attacker with access to the same network as a partition undergoing iSCSI SAN network boot can prevent that partition from completing its boot sequence. Other partitions and the managed system are not affected. Only partitions actively performing an iSCSI SAN network boot are affected, resulting in an availability impact.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 18th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
12 events over 6 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Patch availablepatch available, record updated, record updated
- Patch availablepatch available, published, weakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated
Affected products
- PowerVM HypervisorCloud & SaaS / virtualization
- power system s1122 \(9824-22a\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system s1124 \(9824-42a\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system s1122s \(9824-22b\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system s1114 \(9824-41b\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system l1122 \(9856-22h\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system l1124 \(9856-42h\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
- power system e1150 \(9043-mru\) firmwareEnterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 6.5 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector AdjacentRequires access to the local network (e.g. same Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
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