CVE-2026-16687 PUBLISHED

Power System Buffer Overflow

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 23.07.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

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 ASMI web interface. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can send the FSP a malformed request, allowing arbitrary code execution, giving the attacker full control over the managed system, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.6

Product Status

Vendor IBM
Product Power Systems Firmware
Versions
  • Version FW1120.00 is affected
  • affected from FW1110.00 to FW1110.30 (incl.)
  • affected from FW1060.00 to FW1060.80 (incl.)
  • affected from FW950.00 to FW950.H2 (incl.)

Workarounds

Protect access to the FSP's network interface.

Solutions

IBM strongly recommends customers with the products below install FW1120.01(1120_167), FW1110.31(1110_134) or newer to remediate this vulnerability as soon as possible. Power 11 1) IBM Power System E1180 (9080-HEU) IBM strongly recommends customers with the products below install FW1060.81(1060_184) or newer to remediate this vulnerability as soon as possible. Power 10 1) IBM Power System E1080 (9080-HEX) IBM strongly recommends customers with the products below install FW950.H3(950_230) or newer to remediate this vulnerability as soon as possible. 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/

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE