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CVE-2026-96261— IBM Power Systems Firmware Buffer Overflow

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Affected
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

IBM Power Systems 固件 FW1060.00 至 FW1060.81 存在一个漏洞，影响主机固件配置解析功能。拥有经认证的服务级访问权限的攻击者可以通过向服务处理器写入特制的配置数据，导致主机固件启动堆栈在系统初始化过程中崩溃，并可能引发内存损坏，从而对受管系统的完整性和可用性造成影响。

CVSS 7.3 · High

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-96261

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
IBM Power Systems Firmware Buffer Overflow
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 is affected by a vulnerability in host firmware configuration parsing. An attacker with authenticated service-level access to the service processor can write specially crafted configuration data, causing the host firmware boot stack to crash with possible memory corruption during system initialisation, resulting in an integrity and availability impact to the managed system.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
栈缓冲区溢出
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1060.00 ~ FW1060.81 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_hypervisor:fw1060.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2026-96261

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-96261 (1)

Same Patch Batch · IBM · 2026-10-12 · 61 CVEs total

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IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: PowerVM Hypervisor
Same vendor: IBM
Same weakness: CWE-121

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