https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:33:17 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2016-8637 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> The Dracut Project dracut</p> <p>A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when &#39;early cpio&#39; is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> The Dracut Project dracut</p> <p>A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when &#39;early cpio&#39; is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2016-8637 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-8828-1 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: dracut</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images with overly permissive permissions under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-8637)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly sanitize DHCP options before writing them to shell scripts under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling a DHCP server on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-6893)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly quote error messages written to shell scripts under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling a DHCP server on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-15816)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly sanitize network configuration data before writing it to a temporary shell script under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling DHCP on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-16445)</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: dracut, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: dracut</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut created initramfs images with overly permissive permissions under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-8637)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly sanitize DHCP options before writing them to shell scripts under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling a DHCP server on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-6893)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly quote error messages written to shell scripts under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling a DHCP server on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-15816)</p> <p>It was discovered that dracut did not properly sanitize network configuration data before writing it to a temporary shell script under certain circumstances. A remote attacker controlling DHCP on the local network could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as root during system boot. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-16445)</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-8828-1