CVE-2026-6893

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-78

Description

A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) options, such as a malicious hostname, to a system using dracut's legacy DHCP path. These options are improperly handled and written into temporary shell scripts without proper escaping, leading to command injection. This allows the attacker to achieve root code execution within the initramfs, potentially compromising the system's boot and network behavior.

CVSS Base Scores

CVSS v3.1(Primary)
7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionStatus
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images0:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images0:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images0:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Hardened Images109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 60:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 60:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 60:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 70:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7109-6.hum1
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 40:107-7.el10_2unaffected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 40:049-244.git20260529.el8_10
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 40:057-115.git20260527.el9_8
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4109-6.hum1

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank AISLE Research for reporting this issue.

References