TencentOS Server 2: dracut (TSSA-2026:0970)

high Nessus Plugin ID 342680

Synopsis

The remote TencentOS Server 2 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 2 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2026:0970 advisory.

Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2026-6893:
A flaw was found in dracut. A remote attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) options, such as a malicious hostname, to a system using dracut's legacy DHCP path. These options are improperly handled and written into temporary shell scripts without proper escaping, leading to command injection. This allows the attacker to achieve root code execution within the initramfs, potentially compromising the system's boot and network behavior.

CVE-2026-15816:
A flaw was found in dracut. The die() error-handling function writes its message into a shell script under the initramfs emergency-hook directory without properly shell-quoting it. When the message contains data derived from the DHCP ROOT_PATH option, an attacker on the adjacent network who controls a rogue DHCP server can inject a command-substitution sequence that executes as root the next time dracut sources its emergency hook scripts during standard boot-failure handling.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 342680

File Name: tencentos_TSSA_2026_0970.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Tencent Local Security Checks

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6893

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:2, p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:dracut

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/etc/os-release, Host/TencentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15816, CVE-2026-6893

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