Critical
Security advisory
In OpenBMC 2.9, crafted IPMI messages allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain full control of the system.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-39295, CVE-2021-39296
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In OpenBMC 2.9, crafted IPMI messages allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain full control of the system.
osv:CVE-2021-39296
Complete source record
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