CVE-2026-15961

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.25.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 IBM PowerVM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to improper control of format strings.

CVSS v3
5.2
EG Score
5.2(high)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity52% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Security Bulletin: This Power System update is being released to address CVE-2026-15961

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283228

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15961(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 16:38 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 13:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 20:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 15:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-19 14:37 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15961?
CVE-2026-15961 is a medium vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 IBM PowerVM could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service due to improper control of format strings.
When was CVE-2026-15961 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15961 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15961 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15961 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 99.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15961?
CVE-2026-15961 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15961?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15961, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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