Local Privilege Escalation in systemd-homed by systemd

CVE-2026-16742

What is CVE-2026-16742?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in systemd-homed that allows an attacker with access to a logged-in homed-managed user to add arbitrary system groups. This flaw could be exploited to gain elevated privileges on the system, enabling unauthorized actions within the security context of an elevated user.

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