CVE-2026-16743 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 23.07.2026 Published: 24.07.2026 Updated: 24.07.2026

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.

Metrics

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

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Versions Default: unknown
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

Avoid using systemd-homed-managed accounts on systems running a vulnerable accountsservice build.

Credits

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

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Privilege Management CWE