openSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1

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Import Source

https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/openSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/openSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1

Upstream

CVE-2026-15816

Related

CVE-2026-15816

Published

2026-08-24T20:17:31Z

Modified

2026-08-27T18:23:12Z

Summary

Security update for dracut

Details

This update for dracut fixes the following issue:

Update to version 059+suse.726.gde083b3a1.

Securitys issue fixed:

CVE-2026-15816: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency-hook script in die() (bsc#1274432).

Other updates and bugfixes:

Fix(base): sanitize message written by die() to the emergency hook.
Feat(base): add escape function implementing printf %q.

References

Affected packages

openSUSE:Leap 16.0 / dracut

Package

Name: dracut
Purl: pkg:rpm/opensuse/dracut&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "dracut": "059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1",
            "dracut-extra": "059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1",
            "dracut-fips": "059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1",
            "dracut-ima": "059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1",
            "dracut-tools": "059+suse.726.gde083b3a1-160000.1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/openSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1.json"