Supermicro BMC accepts unprotected IPMI commands on active sessions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
The BMC of Supermicro X12SPI from 01.07.20 does not correctly enforce integrity and encryption requirements for IPMI commands, a missing authentication weakness (CWE-306). An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to craft packets that execute arbitrary commands on an active session.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
The BMC does not correctly enforce integrity and encryption requirements for IPMI commands. An attacker may be able to craft packets that execute arbitrary commands on an active session.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for X12SPI.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18450
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-4gmh-3v9m-9469
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More SMCI vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-03310 Supermicro SMASH service contain an Arbitrary code execution issue CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-81040 Privilege escalation in Supermicro BMC IPMI allows admin access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-81034 Fixed key flaw in Supermicro BMC lets attackers run IPMI commands CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-11009 Supermicro BMC firmware update validation bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-81038 Supermicro BMC grants IPMI session on out-of-order RAKP message 3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2026-81028 Command injection in Supermicro BMC syslog feature CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-18450 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18450 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4gmh-3v9m-9469 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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