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CVE-2021-38917

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW860, FW940, and FW950 could allow an attacker that gains service access to the FSP can read and write arbitrary host system memory through a series of carefully crafted service procedures. IBM X-Force ID: 210018.

Affected products

• IBM PowerVM Hypervisor: fw860, fw940, fw950

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/210018
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525010

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