Answer in brief
CVE-2026-16742 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability in systemd-homed: local privilege escalation via missing home-record signature verification on the authenticate path. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps systemd/systemd-homed (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps systemd/systemd-homed (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| systemd/systemd-homedgeneric | >=245 <262, 261.2, 260.4, 259.8, 258.10 | 262, 261.2, 260.4, 259.8, 258.10 |
Published upstream
Aug 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 1, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 10, 2026
systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
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