RLSA-2026:89905: freeipmi security update

RLSA-2026:89905, released November 7, 2026, fixes 6 CVEs in freeipmi (version 0:1.6.20-1.el10_2). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent

CVEs closed

5 rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

9.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0049

42nd percentile

Priority of the 6 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 5
                                High 1
                                Routine 0

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
freeipmi	rocky 10	0:1.6.20-1.el10_2

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
Urgent	CVE-2026-85506	ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _get_dell_system_info_idrac_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (idrac-info subcommand to dell get-system-info).	9.8	0.0049	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2026-85509	FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _read_fru_data in libfreeipmi/fru/ipmi-fru.c when a BMC returns more bytes than requested.	9.8	0.0049	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2026-85504	FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _ipmi_sel_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text in libfreeipmi/sel/ipmi-sel-string-fujitsu-irmc-common.c via malformed Fujitsu SEL long-text responses.	9.8	0.0041	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2026-85507	ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _output_dell_system_info_cmc_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (cmc-info subcommand to dell get-system-info).	9.8	0.0041	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2026-85508	ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _output_dell_system_info_cmc_ipv6_info in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-dell.c (cmc-ipv6-info subcommand to dell get-system-info).	9.8	0.0041	None reported
High	CVE-2026-85505	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).	7.5	0.0035	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2026-85509

SUSE-SU-2026:4277-1
freeipmi on sles 15.6, sles 15.7
ELSA-2026-89905
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on ol 10
ELSA-2026-89753
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on ol 9
ELSA-2026-89754
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on ol 8
ALSA-2026:89753
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on almalinux 9
ALSA-2026:89754
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on almalinux 8
ALSA-2026:89905
freeipmi, freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, freeipmi-devel and 2 more on almalinux 10
RLSA-2026:89753
freeipmi on rocky 9

Vendor advisory

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:89905

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