Administrator-triggered VMI crash
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Integer overflow in IBM Virtualization Management Interface before FW1110.31, FW1120.01, and FW1060.81 allows remote authenticated users to crash VMI. IBM attributes the flaw to CWE-190 in VMI but has not published the affected code path or the arithmetic operation that overflows on untrusted input. Exploitation requires adjacent management-network reachability and authenticated administrator-level access; repeated triggers can sustain the interface outage because VMI restarts automatically after each crash.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in IBM Virtualization Management Interface before FW1110.31, FW1120.01, and FW1060.81 allows remote authenticated users to crash VMI. IBM attributes the flaw to CWE-190 in VMI but has not published the affected code path or the arithmetic operation that overflows on untrusted input. Exploitation requires adjacent management-network reachability and authenticated administrator-level access; repeated triggers can sustain the interface outage because VMI restarts automatically after each crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16724
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenBMC Project
- Product
- Virtualization Management Interface
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=FW1060.00 <=FW1060.80
- Affected versionversion=FW1110.00 <=FW1110.30
- Affected versionversion=FW1120.00
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