CVE-2026-16938

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 access controls over privileged system configuration operations on the FSP. An attacker with authenticated administrator-level access to the FSP can place the managed system into a non-production operational mode, allowing certain system components to be disabled. This condition persists across FSP resets and requires explicit operator intervention — clearing the affected configuration — to restore normal operation. Successful exploitation results in an availability impact to the managed system.

• ibm power system e1080 \(9080-hex\) firmware (>= fw1060.00 < fw1060.81) • ibm power system e1180 \(9080-heu\) firmware (>= fw1110.00 < fw1110.31) • ibm power system e1180 \(9080-heu\) firmware fw1120.00 • ibm power system s922 \(9009-22g\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system h922 \(9223-22s\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system s914 \(9009-41g\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system s924 \(9009-42g\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system h924 \(9223-42s\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system e950 \(9040-mr9\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3) • ibm power system e980 \(9080-m9s\) firmware (>= fw950.00 < fw950.h3)