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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Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Rubyipmi: red hat satellite: remote code execution in rubyipmi via malicious bmc username
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat satellite
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat satellite
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-27T07:30:42.657Z

Reserved: 2026-01-15T08:53:56.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-0980

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-27T08:17:09.647

Modified: 2026-02-27T08:17:09.647

Link: CVE-2026-0980

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