CVE-2026-85505 Memory corruption in FreeIPMI
A stack-based buffer over-read in FreeIPMI allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose information via a short BMC response.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-85505?
CVE-2026-85505 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in FreeIPMI, published on 4 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ipmi-oem in FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer over-read in ipmi_oem_fujitsu_get_sel_entry_long_text in ipmi-oem/ipmi-oem-fujitsu.c when a BMC provides a short response, a different vulnerability than CVE-2026-50031 (which has different affected versions).
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85505?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85505?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-85505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-99107, BELL-CVE-2026-85505, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85505, GHSA-386j-5xxr-g7c7, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-85505.