CVE-2026-85508

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-09-04 · updated 2026-09-08
Weakness: CWE-121

Description

ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _output_dell_system_info_cmc_ipv6_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (cmc-ipv6-info subcommand to dell get-system-info).

Affected products

FreeIPMI: before 1.6.19 — fixed in 1.6.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeIPMI 1.6.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.6.19.tar.gz
https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/5

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