Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title OpenBMC IPMI Privilege Escalation via Retargeted RAKP 1
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: runZero

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:00:15.848Z

Reserved: 2026-07-17T17:17:23.941Z

Link: CVE-2026-16140

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T14:16:50.290

Modified: 2026-09-15T15:17:13.270

Link: CVE-2026-16140

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