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title: "CVE-2026-16521: Unspecified Product - Command Injection"
description: "An unspecified product contains a command injection caused by insufficient input filtering in a BMC function, letting attackers execute arbitrary OS commands when the related service is restarted, exploit requires service restart."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-16521/
---

# CVE-2026-16521 Unspecified Product - Command Injection

An unspecified product contains a command injection caused by insufficient input filtering in a BMC function, letting attackers execute arbitrary OS commands when the related service is restarted, exploit requires service restart.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.88% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16521)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

27 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version or apply vendor patches addressing input filtering.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16521](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16521)
- [https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/security\_BMC\_IPMI\_Oct\_2026\_2](https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/security_BMC_IPMI_Oct_2026_2)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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