CVE-2026-16743 | A flaw was found in accountsservice. The systemd-homed code … | CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-16743
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 2026-07-23 10:03 UTC
Published: 2026-07-24 12:56 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-24 13:37 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Vendor / Product: Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.5 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (4)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—	—

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-269	cna	Improper Privilege Management

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
5.5	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (3)