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Medium ALSA-2026:20579 1 CVE

Moderate: freeipmi security update

Published May 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 freeipmi 1.6.17-1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog 1.6.17-1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 freeipmi-devel 1.6.17-1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 freeipmi-ipmidetectd 1.6.17-1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 freeipmi-ipmiseld 1.6.17-1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33554
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2450778
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-20579.html