Is CVE-2026-17494 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-17494?

CVE-2026-17494 has a CVSS v3 severity of HIGH (8.2).

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CVE-2026-17494

Description

IBM Power Systems Firmware FW1120.00, and FW1110.00 through FW1110.30 is affected by a vulnerability in the interface between the BMC and the host system. An attacker with service access to the BMC can send a specially crafted command, allowing arbitrary code to be executed on the host system, giving full control over the host system and all hosted partitions, resulting in a confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.