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SCA: security update for rubyipmi (GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438136

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-0980)

Solution

Update the rubyipmi library and its related packages to version 0.13.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438136

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0980

cwe: CWE-78