IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW1110.20/FW1060.71/FW950.H2 Hypervisor Calls entropy

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW1110.20/FW1060.71/FW950.H2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Hypervisor Calls. This manipulation causes entropy. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-4937. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor up to FW1110.20/FW1060.71/FW950.H2. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Hypervisor Calls. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a entropy vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-331. The product uses an algorithm or scheme that produces insufficient entropy, leaving patterns or clusters of values that are more likely to occur than others. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.20, FW1060.00 through FW1060.71, and FW950.00 through FW950.H2 could allow a local attacker with administrative privileges to decrypt encrypted data due to certain hypervisor calls utilizing less entropy than requested.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-4937 since 03/26/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Entropy
CWE: CWE-331 / CWE-330 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

03/26/2026 CVE reserved
08/19/2026 +145 days Advisory disclosed
08/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-4937 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-4937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-393409

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2026 22:44
Changes: 08/19/2026 22:44 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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