CVE-2026-16743
🔶 mediumSummary
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.
CVSS Score
5.5
Medium
EPSS Score
0.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-07-24
First Seen: 2026-07-31
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 32.1% of all 340,620 vulnerabilities in our database.
#231,164
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jul 24, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
Poc
Proof-of-concept available
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Partial
Limited system impact
🏆 Discovered By
Red Hat would like to thank Thurein Oo for reporting this issue.
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-07-24
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)