CVE-2026-15961

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 IBM PowerVM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to improper control of format strings. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.2 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2026-15961 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.2 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0010, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

CVE-2026-15961 affects products from ibm, specifically: power_system_e1050_\(9043-mrx\), power_system_e1050_\(9043-mrx\)_firmware, power_system_e1080_\(9080-hex\), power_system_e1080_\(9080-hex\)_firmware, power_system_e1150_\(9043-mru\), power_system_e1150_\(9043-mru\)_firmware, power_system_e1180_\(9080-heu\), power_system_e1180_\(9080-heu\)_firmware, power_system_l1022_\(9786-22h\), power_system_l1022_\(9786-22h\)_firmware, power_system_l1024_\(9786-42h\), power_system_l1024_\(9786-42h\)_firmware, power_system_l1122_\(9856-22h\), power_system_l1122_\(9856-22h\)_firmware, power_system_l1124_\(9856-42h\), power_system_l1124_\(9856-42h\)_firmware, power_system_s1012_\(9028-21b\), power_system_s1012_\(9028-21b\)_firmware, power_system_s1014_\(9105-41b\), power_system_s1014_\(9105-41b\)_firmware, power_system_s1022_\(9105-22a\), power_system_s1022_\(9105-22a\)_firmware, power_system_s1022s_\(9105-22b\), power_system_s1022s_\(9105-22b\)_firmware, power_system_s1024_\(9105-42a\), power_system_s1024_\(9105-42a\)_firmware, power_system_s1112_\(9242-21b\), power_system_s1112_\(9242-21b\)_firmware, power_system_s1112_\(9242-21t\), power_system_s1112_\(9242-21t\)_firmware, power_system_s1114_\(9824-41b\), power_system_s1114_\(9824-41b\)_firmware, power_system_s1122_\(9824-22a\), power_system_s1122_\(9824-22a\)_firmware, power_system_s1122s_\(9824-22b\), power_system_s1122s_\(9824-22b\)_firmware, power_system_s1124_\(9824-42a\), power_system_s1124_\(9824-42a\)_firmware. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

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