This Power System update is being released to address Insufficient Entropy

Summary

CVECVE-2026-4932
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-28 19:17:36 UTC
Updated2026-07-28 19:17:36 UTC
DescriptionIBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.71 could allow an attacker with physical access to the Transparent Memory Encryption (TME) hardware to decrypt encrypted memory due to insufficient cryptographic entropy.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.2 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-331 | CWE-331 CWE-331 Insufficient Entropy


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.2MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Physical
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA IBM PowerVM Hypervisor affected FW1110.00 FW1110.20 semver Not specified
CNA IBM PowerVM Hypervisor affected FW1060.00 FW1060.71 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280632 [email protected] www.ibm.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Customers with the products below should install FW1110.30(1110_125), or newer and reboot the system to remediate this vulnerability. Power 11 * IBM Power System E1180 (9080-HEU) Customers with the products below should install FW1110.30(1110_145), or newer and reboot the system to remediate this vulnerability. Power 11 * IBM Power System S1122 (9824-22A) * IBM Power System S1124 (9824-42A) * IBM Power System S1122s (9824-22B) * IBM Power System S1114 (9824-41B) * IBM Power System L1122 (9856-22H) * IBM Power System L1124 (9856-42H) * IBM Power System E1150 (9043-MRU) Customers with the products below should install FW1060.72(1060_171)/FW1060.80(1060_180), or newer and reboot the system to remediate this vulnerability. Power 10 * IBM Power System E1080 (9080-HEX) Customers with the products below should install  FW1060.72(1060_177)/FW1060.80(1060_185),  or newer and reboot the system to remediate this vulnerability. Power 10 * IBM Power System S1022 (9105-22A) * IBM Power System S1024 (9105-42A) * IBM Power System S1022s (9105-22B) * IBM Power System S1014 (9105-41B) * IBM Power System L1022 (9786-22H) * IBM Power System L1024 (9786-42H) * IBM Power System E1050 (9043-MRX) * IBM Power System S1012 (9028-21B)

Workarounds

CNA: NOTE: If performing a concurrent upgrade you must reboot the system after updating to the new firmware level to generate fresh TME encryption keys and mitigate this CVE

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