High, CVSS 8.3RubyGemsPublished
rubyipmi is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through malicious usernames
CVE-2026-0980 · GHSA-hfcp-477w-3wjw
- Affected
- RubyGems rubyipmi < 0.13.0
- Fixed in
- 0.13.0· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.13.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.