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Dracut: dracut: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency hook script in die()

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-15816

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-15816

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
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    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
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]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-15816

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#15716 · Revision 1
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