CVE-2021-20487

CRITICAL

IBM Power9 & Scale-Out LC Firmware <fw930.30/op940.20 - Signature Verification Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

IBM Power9 Self Boot Engine(SBE) could allow a privileged user to inject malicious code and compromise the integrity of the host firmware bypassing the host firmware signature verification process.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6455911
VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197730

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0068
EPSS Percentile 47.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (2)
ibm/power9_system_firmware fw930.00 - fw930.30
ibm/scale-out_lc_system_firmware < op940.20
Published May 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026