Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: dracut security update

An update for dracut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION. 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...

dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection

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...

Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: dracut / dracut-caps / dracut-config-generic / dracut-config-rescue / etc (crlsa-2026_26534)

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-202626534 advisory. dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection CVE-2026-6893 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ...

AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: dracut / dracut-caps / dracut-config-generic / dracut-config-rescue / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1783076363)

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1783076363 advisory. - A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP...

Rocky Linux 10.2 [CIQ] Security Update: dracut / dracut-caps / dracut-config-generic / dracut-config-rescue / etc (crlsa-2026_26532)

The Rocky Linux 10.2 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-202626532 advisory. dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection CVE-2026-6893 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ...

RHEL 6 : dracut (RHSA-2026:74499)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:74499 advisory. The dracut packages contain an event-driven initial RAM file system initramfs generator infrastructure based on the udev device manager. Th...

Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: dracut / dracut-caps / dracut-config-generic / dracut-config-rescue / etc (crlsa-2026_26533)

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-202626533 advisory. dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection CVE-2026-6893 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ...

USN-8828-1 dracut vulnerabilities

It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images with overly permissive permissions under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. CVE-2016-8637 It was discovered that dracut did not...

dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection in NetworkManager initrd module

A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP options, such as a malicious root-path, next-server, or bootfile name, to a system using dracut's NetworkManager-based initrd network module. These options are...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: dracut security update

An update for dracut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerabilit...

dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection

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...

dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection in NetworkManager initrd module

A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP options, such as a malicious root-path, next-server, or bootfile name, to a system using dracut's NetworkManager-based initrd network module. These options are...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: dracut security update

An update for dracut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerabilit...

dracut: dracut: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection

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...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2026:4079-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4079-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-6893: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection bsc1268322. - CVE-2026-16445: Root code execution via DHCP...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2026:3997-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3997-1 advisory. Update to version 059+suse.730.g73d3411aa. - CVE-2026-6893: improper handling and escaping of DHCP options can lead to command...

SUSE SLES15 Security Update : dracut (SUSE-SU-2026:4078-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4078-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-6893: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection bsc1268322. - CVE-2026-16445: Root code execution via DHCP...

RHEL 8 : dracut (RHSA-2026:69118)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:69118 advisory. The dracut packages contain an event-driven initial RAM file system initramfs generator infrastructure based on the udev device manager. Th...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.0 : dracut (EulerOS-SA-2026-3636)

According to the versions of the dracut packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted...

EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : dracut (EulerOS-SA-2026-3777)

According to the versions of the dracut packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP Dynamic...