RHSA-2026:48826MediumCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeipmi security update

Published
July 31, 2026
Last Modified
August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2026-50031 →CVE-2026-33554 →

📋 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 products43

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-devel-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • freeipmi-devel-0:1.5.7-3.el7_9.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
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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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