FKIE_CVE-2026-0980

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-27 08:17 - Updated: 2026-02-27 14:06
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0980
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429874
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