Vulnerability in Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface (CVE-2026-17091, CVSS 8.4)

Summary

Vulnerability in Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface (CVE-2026-17091). Data can be tampered with by attackers.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-17091 has been found in Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface.
Data can be tampered with by attackers. CVSS score: 8.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface CVE-2026-17091" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-17091 (Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface) — CWE-190 / CVSS v3 8.4
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-190) exists in Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 8.4/10). Data can be tampered with by attackers.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

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Identify exposure identify
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Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.
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資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Ibm PowerVM hypervisor call interface を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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Post-deployment verification verify
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Confirm patched version is live in production
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パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

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