CVE-2026-16743
CVE-2026-16743: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare source-reported impact, fixes and remediation.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium5.5
Medium [CVE-2026-16743] arbitrary file read via SetIconFile for systemd-homed users
CVE-2026-16743Source published Source updated
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. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected. The accountsservice versions shipped in RHEL do not include the systemd-homed SetIconFile code path introduced in later upstream releases. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). Weakness: CWE-269. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
1 more entries in the full advisory.
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- Avoid using systemd-homed-managed accounts on systems running a vulnerable accountsservice build.
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