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openSUSE dracut Important Command Injection Threat CVE-2026-6893

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2026
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An important update for openSUSE addresses a critical command injection issue in dracut, enhancing system security.
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.402.g2720eea:

* 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

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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 Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2721=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2721=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-2721=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-2721=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2721=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2721=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)

* dracut-fips-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-debugsource-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-debuginfo-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-ima-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dracut-fips-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-tools-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-debugsource-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-debuginfo-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-ima-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* dracut-extra-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dracut-fips-055+suse.402.g2720eea-150500.3.41.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1268322

## References:

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2721-1
Release Date: 2026-07-01T13:15:53Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

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