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SUSE Dracut Important Root Code Execution Security Fix 2026-22358-1

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security update for dracut addressing root code execution through DHCP options command injection in SUSE.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## 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 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 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1067=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1067=1 ## Package List:

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References

* bsc#1268322

Cross-

* CVE-2026-6893

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-6893 ( SUSE ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-6893 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-6893 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-6893 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* 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-2026:22358-1
Release Date: 2026-06-24T21:37:46Z
Rating: important

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