CVE-2025-0986 json
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor data manipulation
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-8616
- cvss
- 4.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1050.00 through FW1050.30 and FW1060.00 through FW1060.20 could allow a local user, under certain Linux processor combability mode configurations, to cause undetected data loss or errors when performing gzip compression using HW acceleration.
Patch / fix
- ibm.com/support/pages/node/7229349 advisory
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
- IBM PowerVM Hypervisor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
References
-
ibm.com
/support/pages/node/7229349
vendor-advisory, patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-0986
- NVD CVE-2025-0986
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