vulnerability Decades-Old BMC Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of Data Centers to Attacks A 22-year-old vulnerability in BMC management processors is exposing thousands of data centers to attack. The flaw allows attackers to retrieve password hashes and crack them offline, potentially gaining unauthorized access to critical infrastructure. The vulnerability stems from shared credentials and weak password pr… SecurityWeek · Aug 4, 2026 High CVE-2013-4786bmcipmipassword cracking
threat-intel Flaw From 2002 Exposes Data Centers to Server Takeover A 2002 vulnerability in the IPMI 2.0 authentication protocol is being actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to crack BMC passwords and gain privileged access to data centers. Researchers at Lava discovered t… Dark Reading · Jul 28, 2026 High CVE-2013-4786UNbmcipmipassword cracking
threat-intel 24,650 Internet-Exposed BMCs Disclose IPMI Password Hashes Before Login A significant vulnerability, CVE-2013-4786, has been exposed due to a 20-year-old flaw in the IPMI 2.0 specification, resulting in over 36,000 internet-exposed BMCs revealing password hashes. This allows attackers to con… The Hacker News · Jul 28, 2026 High CVE-2013-4786USGECHbmcipmipassword cracking
