Medium severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-4936
Power System Insufficient Entropy
6.2
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PowerVM Hypervisor · IBM
FW1110.00 through FW1110.20; FW1060.00 through FW1060.71; FW950.00 through FW950.H2 · source: vendor
PS
Power System E1050 (9043-mrx) Firmware · Ibm
fw1060.00 before fw1060.72 · source: NVD
PS
Power System E1080 (9080-hex) Firmware · Ibm
fw1060.00 before fw1060.72 · source: NVD
PS
Power System E1150 (9043-mru) Firmware · Ibm
fw1110.00 before fw1110.30; fw1120.00 · source: NVD
PS
Power System E1180 (9080-heu) Firmware · Ibm
fw1110.00 before fw1110.30; fw1120.00 · source: NVD
PS
Power System E950 (9040-mr9) Firmware · Ibm
fw950.00 before fw950.h3 · source: NVD
PS
Power System E980 (9080-m9s) Firmware · Ibm
fw950.00 before fw950.h3 · source: NVD
PS
Power System H922 (9223-22s) Firmware · Ibm
fw950.00 before fw950.h3 · source: NVD
PS
Power System H924 (9223-42s) Firmware · Ibm
fw950.00 before fw950.h3 · source: NVD
PS
Power System L1022 (9786-22h) Firmware · Ibm
fw1060.00 before fw1060.72 · source: NVD
PS
Power System L1024 (9786-42h) Firmware · Ibm
fw1060.00 before fw1060.72 · source: NVD
PS
Power System L1122 (9856-22h) Firmware · Ibm
fw1110.00 before fw1110.30; fw1120.00 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4936
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4936
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283890
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