CVE-2026-50031
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs
Summary
In FreeIPMI before version 1.6.18, a vulnerability was found in the ipmi-oem tool where response messages for the 'dell get-active-directory-config' and 'fujitsu get-sel-entry-long-text' subcommands cause buffer overflows.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit the buffer overflow to remotely execute arbitrary code or cause a service crash, threatening system integrity.
Recommendation
Update FreeIPMI to version 1.6.18 or later, which includes fixes for these vulnerabilities.
Other vulnerabilities in FreeIPMI
See all- CVE-2026-85505High
ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer over-read in ipmi_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-fujitsu.c when a BMC provides a short response, a different vulnerability than CVE-2026-50031 (which has different affected versions).
- CVE-2026-85509Critical
FreeIPMI before version 1.6.19 contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the _read_fru_data function in libfreeipmi/fru/ipmi-fru.c when a BMC returns more bytes than requested.
- CVE-2026-85508Critical
The ipmi-oem tool in FreeIPMI before version 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the _output_dell_system_info_cmc_ipv6_info function in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c, triggered by the cmc-ipv6-info subcommand of dell get-system-info.
- CVE-2026-85507Critical
The ipmi-oem tool in FreeIPMI before version 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the _output_dell_system_info_cmc_info function in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c, triggered by the cmc-info subcommand of dell get-system-info.
- CVE-2026-85506Critical
The ipmi-oem tool in FreeIPMI before version 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the _get_dell_system_info_idrac_info function in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c, triggered by the idrac-info subcommand of dell get-system-info.
- CVE-2026-85504Critical
FreeIPMI before version 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the _ipmi_sel_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text function in libfreeipmi/sel/ipmi-sel-string-fujitsu-irmc-common.c, triggered by malformed Fujitsu SEL long-text responses.
Original NVD description (English source)
ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.18 has exploitable buffer overflows on response messages. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification defines a set of interfaces for platform management. It is implemented by a large number of hardware manufacturers to support system management. It is most commonly used for sensor reading (e.g., CPU temperatures through the ipmi-sensors command within FreeIPMI) and remote power control (the ipmipower command). The ipmi-oem client command implements a set of a IPMI OEM commands for specific hardware vendors. If a user has supported hardware, they may wish to use the ipmi-oem command to send a request to a server to retrieve specific information. Two subcommands "ipmi-oem dell get-active-directory-config" and "ipmi-oem fujitsu get-sel-entry-long-text" were found to have exploitable buffer overflows on response messages.