systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8626-1 systemd vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Systemd
Systemd systemd
Vendors & Products Systemd
Systemd systemd

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-347
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
Title systemd-homed: local privilege escalation via missing home-record signature verification on the authenticate path
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: systemd

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T15:49:58.525Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T09:28:44.818Z

Link: CVE-2026-16742

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-10T15:48:55.571Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T14:17:21.277

Modified: 2026-08-10T16:19:29.157

Link: CVE-2026-16742

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T14:00:14Z

Weaknesses