CVE-2026-61897

An Ubuntu-specific AccountsService patch before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 changes only the effective UID/GID to the target user while leaving the real UID as root (0). A shell spawned by a language helper script inherits ruid=0 and can reset its effective UID to root, enabling local privilege escalation t...

CVE-2026-61897 accountsservice: incomplete privilege drop when running Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts

An Ubuntu-specific patch to AccountsService before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts. It changes the effective UID/GID to the target user but leaves the real UID as 0 root. A shell spawned by a helper script inherits ruid=0 and may reset its...

CVE-2026-61897

An Ubuntu-specific patch to AccountsService before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts. It changes the effective UID/GID to the target user but leaves the real UID as 0 root. A shell spawned by a helper script inherits ruid=0 and may reset its...

CVE-2026-61897: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

An Ubuntu-specific patch to AccountsService before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts. It changes the effective UID/GID to the target user but leaves the real UID as 0 root. A shell spawned by a helper script inherits ruid=0 and may reset its...

CVE-2026-61898: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

The Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts save-to-pam-env, update-langlist shipped with accountsservice before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 treat the user-controlled LANGUAGE entry in /.pamenvironment as trusted input. The value is interpolated unescaped into a GNU sed replacement expression, allowing an...

SUSE 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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-16743

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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 dro...

AZL-94088 CVE-2026-16743 affecting package accountsservice 23.13.9-1

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...

DEBIAN-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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

UBUNTU-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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

CVE-2026-16743 Accountsservice: accountsservice: arbitrary file read via seticonfile for systemd-homed users

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...

CVE-2026-16743

The CVE-2026-16743 entry concerns accountsservice. The systemd-homed code path for SetIconFile opens a user-supplied filename as root without the validation and privilege drop done by the classic handler. A local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to...

CVE-2026-16743 Accountsservice: accountsservice: arbitrary file read via seticonfile for systemd-homed users

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...

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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

EUVD-2026-48570

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...

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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

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 local attacker with a systemd-homed-managed account can read arbitrary files accessible to the...

CVE-2026-16743: Improper Privilege Management

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...