RHSA-2026:61252HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: dracut security update

Published
August 31, 2026
Last Modified
September 1, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2026-16445 →CVE-2026-6893 →CVE-2026-15816 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-6893 — dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection CVE-2026-15816 — dracut: dracut: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency hook script in die() CVE-2026-16445 — dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection in NetworkManager initrd module

🎯 Affected products34

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-caps-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-caps-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-caps-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-generic-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-generic-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-generic-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-rescue-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-rescue-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-config-rescue-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debuginfo-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debuginfo-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debuginfo-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debugsource-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debugsource-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-debugsource-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-live-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-live-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-live-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-network-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-network-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-network-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • dracut-squash-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • dracut-squash-0:049-223.git20230119.el8_8.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, ensure that systems configured to obtain network settings via DHCP in the initramfs are only booted on trusted networks. This vulnerability requires an attacker to control a DHCP server on the adjacent network segment. If network configuration via DHCP is not strictly necessary during the initramfs phase, consider using static network configuration. Workaround: Restrict DHCP server access on networks used for network boot (DHCP snooping, dedicated/trusted provisioning VLANs) until a fix is available. Workaround: Avoid using the root=dhcp/netroot=dhcp/root=dhcp6/netroot=dhcp6 kernel command-line options — these cause dracut to trust the DHCP server's root-path option to determine the boot target. Configuring the netroot target explicitly on the kernel/PXE command line instead (e.g. netroot=nfs:<server>:<path> or netroot=iscsi:... with a literal value).

🔗 References (6)