GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-0980
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- rubyipmi
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-28
Affected packages
• RubyGems rubyipmi: < 0.13.0 → fixed in 0.13.0
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-0980 A flaw was found in rubyipmi, a gem used in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0980 advisory
- https://github.com/logicminds/rubyipmi/commit/252503a7b4dca68388165883b0322024e344a215 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5968 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5970 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5971 web
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0980 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429874 web
- https://github.com/logicminds/rubyipmi package
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyipmi/CVE-2026-0980.yml web