CVE-2026-4932

This Power System update is being released to address Insufficient Entropy

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2026 at 06:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
18 products affected across 1 vendorPowerVM HypervisorPower System E1080 (9080-hex ) FirmwarePower System E1180 (9080-heu ) Firmware· also runs on 17 platforms

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Severity
MEDIUM4.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-e1050-9043-mrx (same device)
fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-e1080-9080-hex (same device)
fw1110.00 ≤ v < fw1110.30
ibm-power-system-e1150-9043-mru (same device)
fw1110.00 ≤ v < fw1110.30
ibm-power-system-e1180-9080-heu (same device)
fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-l1022-9786-22h (same device)
fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-l1024-9786-42h (same device)
fw1110.00 ≤ v < fw1110.30
ibm-power-system-l1122-9856-22h (same device)
fw1110.00 ≤ v < fw1110.30
ibm-power-system-l1124-9856-42h (same device)
fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-s1012-9028-21b (same device)
fw1060.00 ≤ v < fw1060.72
ibm-power-system-s1014-9105-41b (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: cverecord
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7280632

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-331

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