RHEL 10 : freeipmi (RHSA-2026:13515)

high Nessus Plugin ID 312089

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for freeipmi.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:13515 advisory.

The freeipmi packages contain an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) remote console and system management software based on the IPMI specification.

Security Fix(es):

* freeipmi: buffer overflows on response messages via ipmi-oem (CVE-2026-33554)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL freeipmi package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:13515.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 312089

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-13515.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2026

Updated: 5/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33554

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeipmi-ipmiseld, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeipmi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeipmi-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freeipmi-ipmidetectd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33554

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2026:13515

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