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AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack is confined to the adjacent FSP management network (AV:A) with no auth or interaction (PR:N/UI:N); FSP compromise cascades to managed partitions (S:C) for full C/I/A loss.
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CVSS VectorVendor: ibm
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 FSP management network protocol. An unauthenticated attacker on the management network can bypass authentication and perform any administrative operation on the managed system, including control of partition power state, configuration, and console access across all hosted partitions, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact to the managed system.
AnalysisAI
Authentication bypass in IBM Power Systems Firmware (FW1120.00, FW1110.00-FW1110.30, FW1060.00-FW1060.80, FW950.00-FW950.H2) lets an unauthenticated attacker positioned on the Flexible Service Processor (FSP) management network assume full administrative control of the managed system. An attacker can manipulate partition power state, alter configuration, and access partition consoles across every hosted LPAR, yielding complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires network adjacency to the FSP management network (AV:A) - the attacker must be able to reach the Flexible Service Processor's management protocol endpoint, typically the isolated HMC/service-processor VLAN, rather than the production or public network. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 9.6) describes a low-complexity, unauthenticated attack requiring only adjacency to the management network, with a scope change reflecting that compromise of the FSP cascades to all managed partitions - a genuinely severe combination. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker who has gained a foothold on the FSP management VLAN - for example via a compromised HMC, a misconfigured management switch, or a rogue device plugged into the management segment - speaks the FSP management protocol and bypasses the certificate-validation-based authentication. With that access they power off or reconfigure production partitions and attach to partition consoles to read or manipulate hosted workloads. … |
| Remediation | Patch available per vendor advisory - apply the fixed firmware level published by IBM for your applicable release train (FW1120, FW1110, FW1060, or FW950) as documented at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283894; the input does not specify an exact fixed build number, so obtain the precise target level from that advisory before scheduling the HMC/firmware update. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, audit current firmware versions across all IBM Power Systems hardware (specifically FW950, FW1060, FW1110, and FW1120 lines) to identify affected instances. …
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