CVE-2026-7868This Power System update is being released to address incorrect authorization
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
IBM OPENBMC FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.71 allows ReadOnly users to escalate privileges and give themselves administrator privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Customers with the products below should install FW1110.30(1110_145) or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Power 11 1) IBM Power System S1122 (9824-22A) 2) IBM Power System S1124 (9824-42A) 3) IBM Power System S1122s (9824-22B) 4) IBM Power System S1114 (9824-41B) 5) IBM Power System L1122 (9856-22H) 6) IBM Power System L1124 (9856-42H) 7) IBM Power System E1150 (9043-MRU) Customers with the products below should install FW1060.72(1060_177), FW1060.80(1060_185) or newer to remediate this vulnerability. Power 10 1) IBM Power System S1022 (9105-22A) 2) IBM Power System S1024 (9105-42A) 3) IBM Power System S1022s (9105-22B) 4) IBM Power System S1014 (9105-41B) 5) IBM Power System L1022 (9786-22H) 6) IBM Power System L1024 (9786-42H) 7) IBM Power System E1050 (9043-MRX) 8) IBM Power System S1012 (9028-21B) The images mentioned above can be located at IBM Fix Central : https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Workaround: After applying this fix, ensure local BMC user accounts are as intended. You can use the BMC's ASMI web application > Security and access > User management to view BMC accounts.
References
References1
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-49886 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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