RHSA-2026:39007MediumCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeipmi security update

Published
July 13, 2026
Last Modified
July 31, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-33554 →CVE-2026-50031 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-33554 — freeipmi: buffer overflows on response messages via ipmi-oem CVE-2026-50031 — freeipmi: FreeIPMI: Denial of service via buffer overflow in ipmi-oem client

🎯 Affected products63

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.14-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0)
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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. 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.

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