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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-16742

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

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Debian:12 systemd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 systemd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 systemd

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"261.2-1"}]}]