{"id":"CVE-2026-16678","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"IBM Power Systems Firmware Denial of Service","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.","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T20:52:45.137Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T22:53:58.146Z","severity":{"score":4.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"ibm"},"assigner":"ibm","products":["IBM Virtualization Management Interface"],"affected":[{"vendor":"IBM","product":"Virtualization Management 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