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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Dracut Important Root Execution Vuln 2026-21054-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update to openSUSE fixes important issue in dracut, mitigating root execution via DHCP injection. Act now.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for dracut fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-6893: Root code execution via DHCP options command injection (bsc#1268322).

Changes for dracut:

- Update to version 059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5:

* fix(network-legacy): sanitize DHCP values in dhclient-script.sh (bsc#1268322, CVE-2026-6893)

* fix(network-legacy): add input validation to RFC 3442 route parser

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1067=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue code execution important OpenSUSE dracut

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

dracut-059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5-160000.1.1

dracut-extra-059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5-160000.1.1

dracut-fips-059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5-160000.1.1

dracut-ima-059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5-160000.1.1

dracut-tools-059+suse.722.gdd9d67ff5-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1268322

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6893.html

Severity
important
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21054-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

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