CVE-2026-17063

HIGHPre-NVD 7.97.9
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-19. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 is affected by a vulnerability in the interface between the BMC/FSP and the host system. An attacker with service account or root access to the BMC/FSP can access and disrupt host processor state, potentially affecting the managed system and all hosted partitions, resulting in an confidentiality, and availability impact.

CVSS v3
7.9
EG Score
7.9(high)
EG Risk
36(Track)
EG Risk 36/100SSVC: 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
Severity79% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
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-2026-17063

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283219

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17063(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. 2026-08-21 05:05 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 05:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 16:37 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 16:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-20 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-20 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17063?
CVE-2026-17063 is a high vulnerability published on August 19, 2026. IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1120.00, FW1110.00 through FW1110.30, and FW1060.00 through FW1060.80 is affected by a vulnerability in the interface between the BMC/FSP and the host system. An attacker with service account or root access to the BMC/FSP can access and disrupt host processor state,…
When was CVE-2026-17063 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17063 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-2026-17063 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17063 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 98.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17063?
CVE-2026-17063 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17063?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17063, 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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