Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LSummary
CVE-2026-0980 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Redhat Satellite. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 48% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-0980 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the rubyipmi Ruby gem, which is used within the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. The flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious commands through specially crafted input. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant confidentiality, integrity, and limited availability impacts.
An authenticated attacker with permissions to create or update hosts in Red Hat Satellite can exploit this vulnerability by supplying a malicious username to the BMC interface. Successful exploitation leads to remote code execution (RCE) on the affected system, potentially allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Satellite process.
Red Hat has addressed this issue in multiple security errata, including RHSA-2026:5968, RHSA-2026:5970, and RHSA-2026:5971, which provide updated packages for rubyipmi and related components in Red Hat Satellite. Additional details are available in the CVE security advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0980 and the upstream Bugzilla tracker at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429874. Security practitioners should apply these patches promptly to mitigate the risk.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-9006
Vulnerability Data
A flaw was found in rubyipmi, a gem used in the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) component of Red Hat Satellite. An authenticated attacker with host creation or update permissions could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious username for the…
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BMC interface. This could lead to remote code execution (RCE) on the system.
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Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.