RHSA-2026:50772MediumCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: freeipmi security update

Published
August 5, 2026
Last Modified
August 5, 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 products34

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-debugsource-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • freeipmi-ipmiseld-0:1.6.8-1.el8_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
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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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