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CVE-2026-4936

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor Platform KeyStore (PKS) and virtual TPM FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, FW1060.00 through FW1060.71, and FW950.00 through FW950.H2 use pers…

Impact

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor Platform KeyStore (PKS) and virtual TPM FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, FW1060.00 through FW1060.71, and FW950.00 through FW950.H2 use persistent storage key seeds that result in an AES key with reduced strength. An attacker with access to the service processor or HMC could exploit this weakness to derive the encryption key and access the data.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
IbmPower System S1122 \(9824-22a\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System S1124 \(9824-42a\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System S1122s \(9824-22b\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System S1114 \(9824-41b\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System L1122 \(9856-22h\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System L1124 \(9856-42h\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System E1150 \(9043-Mru\) Firmware
from fw1110.00 before fw1110.30
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System S1112 \(9242-21b\) Firmware
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System S1112 \(9242-21t\) Firmware
Version fw1120.00
IbmPower System E1080 \(9080-Hex\) Firmware
from fw1060.00 before fw1060.72
IbmPower System S1022 \(9105-22a\) Firmware
from fw1060.00 before fw1060.72
IbmPower System S1024 \(9105-42a\) Firmware
from fw1060.00 before fw1060.72

Weakness classification

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