CVE-2026-33554
Description
ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.17 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. Three subcommands were found to have exploitable buffer overflows on response messages. They are: "ipmi-oem dell get-last-post-code - get the last POST code and string describing the error on some Dell servers," "ipmi-oem supermicro extra-firmware-info - get extra firmware info on Supermicro servers," and "ipmi-oem wistron read-proprietary-string - read a proprietary string on Wistron servers."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Affected | โ |
| sid | Fixed | 1.6.17-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.6.17-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | โ |
| bookworm | Affected | โ |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.17-1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | โ |
| 8 | Fixed | โ |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | โ |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14819
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19208
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33554
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33554.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20579
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2450778
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-20579.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-14819.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-19208.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:14819
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:19208
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68140
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68141
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68142
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/1
CWEs
CWE-121
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