CVE-2026-6893

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 10, 2026 (29 days ago)
Last Modified: June 10, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

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.

CWE

CWE-78

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov