๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-16743

MEDIUM 5.5

Accountsservice: accountsservice: arbitrary file read via seticonfile for systemd-homed users

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-269
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Jul 24, 2026
Last Updated Jul 24, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16743 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506381 gitlab.freedesktop.org: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/work_items/138

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank Thurein Oo for reporting this issue.