CVE-2026-15816
Description
A flaw was found in dracut. The die() error-handling function writes its message into a shell script under the initramfs emergency-hook directory without properly shell-quoting it. When the message contains data derived from the DHCP ROOT_PATH option, an attacker on the adjacent network who controls a rogue DHCP server can inject a command-substitution sequence that executes as root the next time dracut sources its emergency hook scripts during standard boot-failure handling.
How to fix
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54571
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54575
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54576
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57580
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57772
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57775
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57785
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60440
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60445
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61252
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62269
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62409
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 8 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_aus 8.4 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_aus 8.6 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 8.8 | No range specified | — |
| enterprise_linux 9 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 9.2 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_e4s 9.4 | No range specified | — |
| rhel_eus 9.6 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.12 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.13 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.14 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.15 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.16 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.17 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.18 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.19 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.20 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.21 | No range specified | — |
| openshift 4.22 | No range specified | — |
| Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | No range specified | — |
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