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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : dracut vulnerability (USN-8758-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 345851

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8758-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that dracut did not properly shell-quote messages written by the die() function to the emergency hook directory. An attacker on the adjacent network controlling a rogue DHCP server could use this issue to inject commands that execute as root during boot-failure handling. (CVE-2026-15816)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8758-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 345851

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8758-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2026

Updated: 9/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.23

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15816

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dracut-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dracut-install, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dracut-network, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dracut-test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dracut

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15816

USN: 8758-1