CVE-2026-16938 PUBLISHED

Power System Missing Authorization

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 24.07.2026 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 access controls over privileged system configuration operations on the FSP. An attacker with authenticated administrator-level access to the FSP can place the managed system into a non-production operational mode, allowing certain system components to be disabled. This condition persists across FSP resets and requires explicit operator intervention — clearing the affected configuration — to restore normal operation. Successful exploitation results in an availability impact to the managed system.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.9

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 administrative interface.

Solutions

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

Power 11 1) IBM Power System E1180 (9080-HEU)

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 FW950.H3(950_230), or newer to remediate this vulnerability.

Power9 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-862 Missing Authorization CWE