CVE catalog
CVE-2026-16743
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 lo
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.14% · Oct 25, 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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | accountsservice | sid | 26.27.3-2 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | forky | 23.13.9-8 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | trixie | 23.13.9-7 | not affected |
| Debian | accountsservice | bookworm | 22.08.8-6 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | accountsservice | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | accountsservice | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [accountsservice]Not affected
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice0]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice-dev]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
- [libaccountsservice-doc]Not affected
Source package: [accountsservice]
Details (2)
22.08.8-6· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
22.08.8-6· all · bookwormNot affected
nvd · accountsservice · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16743]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16743]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-16743]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-16743]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-16743.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]