CVE-2026-16742

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.76.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 100% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user

CVSS v3
6.7
EG Score
6.7(medium)
EG Risk
30(Track)
EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity67% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

systemd-homed: local privilege escalation via missing home-record signature verification on the authenticate path · Advisory · systemd/systemd · GitHub

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-jm29-p7hh-vjhv

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuudev (255.4-1ubuntu8.17) @ noble2026-08-26ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-26 06:12 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-26 06:12 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-25 06:49 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-25 06:49 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-24 07:28 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-23 08:06 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-22 08:45 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-21 09:24 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-20 10:03 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-19 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 10:42 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-18 11:17 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-17 11:56 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-16 12:36 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-15 13:15 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-14 13:53 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-13 14:32 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-12 15:11 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-11 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-11 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-10 16:29 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-10 16:29 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-10 16:10 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-10 16:10 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-10 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-10 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-10 13:36 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16742?
CVE-2026-16742 is a medium vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
When was CVE-2026-16742 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16742 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16742 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16742 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 100.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16742?
CVE-2026-16742 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16742?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16742, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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