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CVE-2026-16445

7.5 high SSVC exploitation: none Published
NVD · CVE.org

A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP options, such as a malicious root-path, next-server, or bootfile name, to a system using dracut's NetworkManager-based initrd network module. These options are improperly handled and written into a temporary shell script without proper escaping, leading to command injection. This allows the attacker to achieve root code execution within the initramfs during system boot.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 3

  1. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-27 21:55
  2. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-27 22:17
  3. First seenCVSS 7.5 · red hatNVD modified 2026-10-27 21:55

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 10