A flaw was found in rubyipmi, a gem used in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. An authenticated attacker with host creation or update permissions could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious username for the BMC interface. This could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on the system.

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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames
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Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Logicminds
Logicminds rubyipmi
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:logicminds:rubyipmi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Logicminds
Logicminds rubyipmi

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Satellite 6
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat red Hat Satellite 6

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in rubyipmi, a gem used in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. An authenticated attacker with host creation or update permissions could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious username for the BMC interface. This could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on the system.
Title Rubyipmi: red hat satellite: remote code execution in rubyipmi via malicious bmc username
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat satellite
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat satellite
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T18:49:02.471Z

Reserved: 2026-01-15T08:53:56.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-0980

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-06T18:48:57.445Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-27T08:17:09.647

Modified: 2026-03-05T02:04:57.153

Link: CVE-2026-0980

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T16:06:05Z

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