- What: Red Hat releases freeipmi security update
- Impact: Addresses security issues in IPMI remote console and system management software
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:50729 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-08-05 Updated: 2026-08-05 RHSA-2026:50729 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Moderate: freeipmi security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for freeipmi is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description 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) freeipmi: FreeIPMI: Denial of service via buffer overflow in ipmi-oem client (CVE-2026-50031) 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. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.4 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64 Fixes BZ - 2450778 - CVE-2026-33554 freeipmi: buffer overflows on response messages via ipmi-oem BZ - 2484296 - CVE-2026-50031 freeipmi: FreeIPMI: Denial of service via buffer overflow in ipmi-oem client CVEs CVE-2026-33554 CVE-2026-50031 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.4 SRPM freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 06b62cffe0ec89e4cea7572f5001988c6a948213d1ccba2f662e91de8d467582 x86_64 freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f4d9e3486a3e62e6f35ba0acc3da5aa21c935aaa594165c527ca365eb7e6310 freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b39a3cba0b419cdb019888d1c018b1afcc5d5bad878f66b697a283109f8b9c3f freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8da453aa8189bbfa73661f7c0fd3a762b7e4bcef53e500cf2a974f04f5149cd freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b8b83eb0ba00387b2f744420bed5f33a52e1acf820b4fa1621717844f48a4ff4 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33eba9fe2b631f2ec812de0c569edd3a9d1f84121f3f2dcc6dea78eb37788d5 freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 53eceecb0f18e03078978a506b38ecd79be977cf5bae77bdc592a35140cd74f9 freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7bb124e0e2e10ec1a049312479b1d56c702f59f1451821333f035e99b083509f freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf804708563636e0b24d4c6f0f6591a0c8db5c4db4c8326b96bdfe807d806bc freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 033426edc2f1e9fa4eb6ec6309592868ecaf9a1f124589e070eaeafbbd2d0a63 freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1f2aa6e98732d041d265c0b28112e62978611dd7ca9d20f4034ba4e209b0066 freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf4b3c88662b52add3a628d3267796ee4936bdb8f6515cfc99ccd113b1aea4aa freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ce3c4b8b4ef2c28907e2999214bd7d11f9c4193affc5158282e62a8a4954ba6c freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 10f10dbc4177f6143b716b54c5b153511e9fc44916e0bfb462b4f8d0a5c6682b freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ed1f618154a3b8fa63a5711604f582fa53bdd3b2dacf22459917159561d8b0f5 freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4ce969ad487f88c76b73711ea978d81c4589e28ea1a97175361e49ceb76fc9f Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 SRPM freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 06b62cffe0ec89e4cea7572f5001988c6a948213d1ccba2f662e91de8d467582 x86_64 freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7f4d9e3486a3e62e6f35ba0acc3da5aa21c935aaa594165c527ca365eb7e6310 freeipmi-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b39a3cba0b419cdb019888d1c018b1afcc5d5bad878f66b697a283109f8b9c3f freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8da453aa8189bbfa73661f7c0fd3a762b7e4bcef53e500cf2a974f04f5149cd freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: b8b83eb0ba00387b2f744420bed5f33a52e1acf820b4fa1621717844f48a4ff4 freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c33eba9fe2b631f2ec812de0c569edd3a9d1f84121f3f2dcc6dea78eb37788d5 freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 53eceecb0f18e03078978a506b38ecd79be977cf5bae77bdc592a35140cd74f9 freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7bb124e0e2e10ec1a049312479b1d56c702f59f1451821333f035e99b083509f freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4bf804708563636e0b24d4c6f0f6591a0c8db5c4db4c8326b96bdfe807d806bc freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 033426edc2f1e9fa4eb6ec6309592868ecaf9a1f124589e070eaeafbbd2d0a63 freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1f2aa6e98732d041d265c0b28112e62978611dd7ca9d20f4034ba4e209b0066 freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: bf4b3c88662b52add3a628d3267796ee4936bdb8f6515cfc99ccd113b1aea4aa freeipmi-ipmidetectd-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ce3c4b8b4ef2c28907e2999214bd7d11f9c4193affc5158282e62a8a4954ba6c freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 10f10dbc4177f6143b716b54c5b153511e9fc44916e0bfb462b4f8d0a5c6682b freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: ed1f618154a3b8fa63a5711604f582fa53bdd3b2dacf22459917159561d8b0f5 freeipmi-ipmiseld-debuginfo-1.6.6-1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e4ce969ad487f88c76b73711ea978d81c4589e28ea1a97175361e49ceb76fc9f The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . 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