IBM PowerVM gain access
Published May 17, 2023
9.3
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
Description
An internally discovered vulnerability in PowerVM on IBM Power9 and Power10 systems could allow an attacker with privileged user access to a logical partition to perform an undetected violation of the isolation between logical partitions which could lead to data leakage or the execution of arbitrary code in other logical partitions on the same physical server. IBM X-Force ID: 252706.
Affected products
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- Version FW1010.00StatusaffectedConstraints<=FW1010.50
- Version FW1020.00StatusaffectedConstraints<=FW1020.30
- Version FW1030.00StatusaffectedConstraints<=FW1030.10
- Version FW950.00StatusaffectedConstraints<=FW950.70
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||||||||
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| IBM | PowerVM Hypervisor | unaffected |
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Configuration 1
- ≥ fw950 · < fw950.71
Running on/with
- n/a
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Configuration 2
- ≥ fw1010.00 · < fw1010.51
- ≥ fw1030.00 · < fw1030.11
Running on/with
- n/a
Configuration 3
- ≥ fw1020.00 · < fw1020.31
- ≥ fw1030.00 · < fw1030.11
Running on/with
- n/a
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (CVE.org) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Jan 22, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2023–2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (6 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 13.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 14.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 14.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252706 vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6993021 vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252706 | vdb-entryVDB EntryVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6993021 | vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory |
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