RHSA-2026:20579MediumCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeipmi security update

Published
May 26, 2026
Last Modified
July 31, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-33554 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-33554 — freeipmi: buffer overflows on response messages via ipmi-oem

🎯 Affected products75

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.17-1.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, ensure all BMCs and the servers running FreeIPMI are isolated on a dedicated and restricted network environment.

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