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openSUSE 2026-2720-1 dracut Important Remote Command Injection Risk

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 1, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for dracut resolving root code execution flaw, impacting multiple openSUSE and SUSE systems.
An update that solves one vulnerability 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 055+suse.365.g79144c5:

* 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution important OpenSUSE dracut CVE-2026-6893

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2720=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-2720=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dracut-extra-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-debuginfo-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-tools-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-ima-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-fips-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-debugsource-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* dracut-debuginfo-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-fips-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-ima-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* dracut-debugsource-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dracut-debuginfo-055+suse.365.g79144c5-150400.3.49.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1268322

## References:

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268322

Severity
important
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2720-1
Release Date: 2026-07-01T13:15:19Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution important OpenSUSE dracut CVE-2026-6893

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