CVE-2026-0980 — Vulnerability in rubyipmi — CVE Details

HIGH

rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames

Published February 27, 2026Updated March 27, 2026Source: osv

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.

Advisory Timeline

First published February 27, 2026 (227 days ago).
Last revised March 27, 2026 — 28 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update rubyipmi to 0.13.0 or later

gem install rubyipmi -v 0.13.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
rubyipmi	rubygems	0.10.0, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.12.0 (+15 more)	0.13.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-78
OS Command InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.3 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-0980?: rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.3/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.3

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw

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