Out-of-Bounds Read in Ibm BMC firmware management interface (CVE-2026-18857)
Summary
Vulnerability in Ibm BMC firmware management interface (CVE-2026-18857). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
IBM OPENBMC FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 is affected by a vulnerability in the BMC firmware management interface. The host system can cause the BMC firmware management service to crash or allow a limited amount of BMC internal memory to be read, resulting in a confidentiality and availability impact to the managed system.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-18857 has been found in Ibm BMC firmware management interface.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ibm BMC firmware management interface CVE-2026-18857" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-18857 (Ibm BMC firmware management interface) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 3.4
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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Ibm BMC firmware management interface.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ibm BMC firmware management interface.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
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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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Ibm BMC firmware management 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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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in production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。
References
- web ibm.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com