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openSUSE Dracut Major Remote Code Execution Resolution 2026-2803-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 9, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update for openSUSE fixes a significant dracut issue, enabling remote code execution through DHCP command injection.
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 059+suse.565.g682306ec5:

* 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

Topics%20covered

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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2803=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-2803=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP6-2026-2803=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-2803=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* dracut-tools-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-extra-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-ima-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-debuginfo-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-debugsource-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-fips-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* dracut-debuginfo-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-debugsource-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-mkinitrd-deprecated-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)

* dracut-ima-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

* dracut-debuginfo-059+suse.565.g682306ec5-150600.3.29.1

*...

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

Severity
important
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2803-1
Release Date: 2026-07-08T19:31:32Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

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

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