Integer overflow in IBM Powervm Hypervisor
CVE-2026-17091
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor 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 PowerVM hypervisor call interface. An attacker with root access to a guest partition can issue a specially crafted hypervisor call to inject an arbitrary amount of data into hypervisor or partition memory, resulting in either a crash causing a full platform re-IPL and terminating all hosted partitions, or corruption of hypervisor or partition memory. The PowerVM hypervisor will restart automatically; however, repeated exploitation could result in a sustained availability impact. Successful exploitation results in an integrity and availability impact to the managed system.
Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Ibm Powervm Hypervisor — versions FW1120.00
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@us.ibm.com (vendor-advisory, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-17091?
- CVE-2026-17091 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Powervm Hypervisor, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-08-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-17091?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.