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Power Systems Firmware EUVDEUVD-2026-62692

| CVE-2026-16687 CRITICAL
Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)
2026-08-19 ibm GHSA-p7wp-9r3f-5rpv
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vendor (ibm) PRIMARY
CRITICAL
qualitative
NVD
9.6 CRITICAL
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
9.6 CRITICAL

ASMI/FSP is reached over an adjacent management network (AV:A), needs no auth or interaction (PR:N/UI:N), and FSP code exec crosses into the managed OS (S:C) with full C/I/A loss.

3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Primary rating from Vendor (ibm).

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Aug 19, 2026 - 19:32 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 19, 2026 - 18:56 nvd
CRITICAL 9.6

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

Remote code execution in IBM Power Systems Firmware (FW1120.00, FW1110.00-FW1110.30, FW1060.00-FW1060.80, FW950.00-FW950.H2) lets an unauthenticated attacker with adjacent-network access to the ASMI web interface send a malformed request that overflows a stack buffer on the Flexible Service Processor (FSP), yielding arbitrary code execution and full control of the managed system. Because the FSP is the service processor beneath the OS, compromise crosses a scope boundary (CVSS S:C) and breaks confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the whole platform. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Gain access to management VLAN
Delivery
Reach FSP ASMI web interface
Exploit
Send malformed oversized request
Execution
Overflow stack buffer in FSP handler
Persist
Hijack control flow, execute code on FSP
Impact
Full control of managed Power system

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation The attacker must have Layer-2/Layer-3 adjacency to the FSP's ASMI web interface (CVSS AV:A) - i.e., a presence on the management/service network segment that hosts ASMI - and the ASMI web service must be reachable and enabled. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment This is a genuine high-priority issue rather than an inflated CVSS score: PR:N/UI:N/AC:L means no authentication, no user interaction, and low complexity, and the S:C scope change with C:H/I:H/A:H reflects that FSP compromise subverts the entire managed system. … 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 out-of-band management VLAN (for example via a compromised jump host, a rogue device, or lateral movement into the service network) sends a single crafted, oversized request to the ASMI web interface. The malformed input overflows a stack buffer in the FSP request handler and hijacks execution, giving the attacker code execution on the service processor and thereby full control over the managed Power system without any credentials. …
Remediation Apply IBM's firmware update per the vendor advisory at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283893, which lists the corrected service pack levels for each affected train (FW1120, FW1110, FW1060, FW950) - Patch available per vendor advisory; consult that page for the exact fixed build for your machine type before scheduling the concurrent or disruptive firmware apply. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, inventory all IBM Power Systems installations and identify systems running firmware versions FW950.00 through FW950.H2, FW1060.00 through FW1060.80, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, or FW1120.00; validate network segmentation around ASMI web interfaces and document adjacent-network exposure. …

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