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CVE-2026-16743

MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score
5.5 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date
Last Modified
CWE ID
CWE-269
Source
NVD
Vendor
Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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