OS Command Injection Affecting dracut-live package, versions <0:057-120.git20260728.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-DRACUTLIVE-18817317
  • published15 Aug 2026
  • disclosed7 Aug 2026

Introduced: 7 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-15816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 dracut-live to version 0:057-120.git20260728.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2026:54571.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dracut-live package and not the dracut-live package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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