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Openbmc CVE-2026-16140

| EUVDEUVD-2026-78572 HIGH
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-09-15 runZero GHSA-m238-h73w-r4f2
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: runZero
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Vendor (runZero) PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVSS VectorVendor: runZero

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Sep 15, 2026 - 14:15 vuln.today
CVE Published
Sep 15, 2026 - 13:57 cve.org
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionCVE.org

OpenBMC's IPMI implementation, phosphor-net-ipmid, is vulnerable to a logic flaw where the authorization context of an existing session can be replaced with a target account while still maintaining the original integrity and encryption keys. Several downstream vendors implement phosphor-net-ipmid as their IPMI stack, such as NVIDIA and H3C. This issue effectively allows for privilege escalation without re-authentication.

AnalysisAI

Privilege escalation in OpenBMC's phosphor-net-ipmid IPMI stack allows an attacker who already holds a valid low-privileged IPMI session to redirect that session's authorization context to a different, higher-privileged account while the original integrity and encryption keys stay in place, so no re-authentication ever occurs. Downstream vendors that package phosphor-net-ipmid — NVIDIA and H3C among them — inherit the flaw in their BMC firmware. …

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CVE-2026-16140 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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