CVE-2026-50031: ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.18 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 c

CSIRTS triage

What: There are exploitable buffer overflows on response messages in ipmi-oem.
Who is affected: Deployments using FreeIPMI versions before 1.6.18.
Urgency: Remediation is high urgency due to the high severity of the issue.
Action: Upgrade to FreeIPMI version 1.6.18 or later.

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EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-500310.39% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 32% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-50031	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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