RHSA-2026:61252 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for dracut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The dracut packages contain an event-driven initial RAM file system (initramfs) generator infrastructure based on the udev device manager. The virtual file system, initramfs, is loaded together with the kernel at boot time and initializes the system, so it can read and boot from the root partition.

Security Fix(es):

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.8 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 2459963 - CVE-2026-6893 dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection
• BZ - 2500889 - CVE-2026-15816 dracut: dracut: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency hook script in die()
• BZ - 2503147 - CVE-2026-16445 dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection in NetworkManager initrd module

CVEs

• CVE-2026-6893
• CVE-2026-15816
• CVE-2026-16445

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important