Upstream information

CVE-2026-16743 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 5.5 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1272683 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 accountsservice Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 accountsservice Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 accountsservice Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 accountsservice Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 accountsservice Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 accountsservice Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 accountsservice Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 accountsservice Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 accountsservice Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 accountsservice Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 accountsservice Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 accountsservice Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 accountsservice Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 accountsservice Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 accountsservice Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 28 12:29:57 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 28 13:27:30 2026