CVE-2026-16743

Name	CVE-2026-16743
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
accountsservice (PTS)	bullseye	0.6.55-3	vulnerable
	bookworm	22.08.8-6	vulnerable
	trixie	23.13.9-7	vulnerable
	forky, sid	23.13.9-8	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
accountsservice	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/work_items/138
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/182 (26.26.9)