What is GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g?

GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _read_fru_data in libfreeipmi/fru...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g cover?

GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-85509. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g?

GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52gCriticalCVSS 9.8

FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _read_fru_data in libfreeipmi/fru...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2026

Last Modified

September 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-85509 →

📋 Description

FreeIPMI before 1.6.19 has a stack-based buffer overflow in _read_fru_data in libfreeipmi/fru/ipmi-fru.c when a BMC returns more bytes than requested.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85509
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freeipmi/freeipmi-1.6.19.tar.gz
https://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/5
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3j6m-x72j-q52g