GHSA-4672-282m-8fgrHighCVSS 7.5
A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this...
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📋 Description
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 improperly handled and written into a temporary shell script without proper escaping, leading to command injection. This allows the attacker to achieve root code execution within the initramfs during system boot.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16445
- https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/e509c638e6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26534
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16445
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459963
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503147
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4672-282m-8fgr