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CVE-2026-16743
Published:July 24, 2026
Updated:August 06, 2026
A flaw was found in accountsservice. The systemd-homed code path for SetIconFile opens a user-supplied filename as root without the validation and privilege drop performed by the classic handler. A local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the accounts-daemon process.
Affected Packages
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice.git (SCM_GIT):
Affected version(s) >=before-rhel7 <26.26.9
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 26.26.9
Related Resources (3)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506381
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16743
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/work_items/138
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Privilege Management
CWE-269
EPSS
Base Score:
0.10