rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames
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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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-0980US | high8.8 | — | ||
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 permiss… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5968WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5970WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5971WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0980WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429874WEB
- https://github.com/logicminds/rubyipmiPACKAGE
- https://github.com/logicminds/rubyipmi/commit/252503a7b4dca68388165883b0322024e344a215WEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyipmi/CVE-2026-0980.ymlWEB
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