OS Command Injection Affecting dracut-fips package, versions <059+suse.567.gf5cfeb7f7-150600.3.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-DRACUTFIPS-18790718
  • published14 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Aug 2026

Introduced: 13 Aug 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 dracut-fips to version 059+suse.567.gf5cfeb7f7-150600.3.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dracut-fips package and not the dracut-fips package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1