CVE-2026-15816 (GCVE-0-2026-15816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 10:33 – Updated: 2026-08-07 17:08
VLAI
Title
Dracut: dracut: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency hook script in die()
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-05 23:59
Credits
This issue was discovered by Pavel Valena (Red Hat).
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