CVE-2026-0980: Rubyipmi: red hat satellite: remote code execution in rubyipmi via malicious bmc username

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

Logicminds Rubyipmi: through 0.12.1
Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5968
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5970
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5971
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0980
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429874

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