CVE-2025-36238 Power System Exposure of Sensitive System Information

Medium 6.0 Published 2 Feb 2026 Updated 4 Feb 2026

Local administrators can expose sensitive Virtual TPM information via PowerVM service procedures, requiring a patch to prevent data leakage.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-36238?

CVE-2025-36238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM PowerVM Hypervisor, published on 2 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM PowerVM Hypervisor FW1110.00 through FW1110.03, FW1060.00 through FW1060.51, and FW950.00 through FW950.F0 could allow a local user with administration privileges to obtain sensitive information from a Virtual TPM through a series of PowerVM service procedures.

Weakness: CWE-497

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36238?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Powervm Hypervisor.

How do I fix CVE-2025-36238?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-36238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-36238 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36238 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wfpp-6h7f-cmmc.