Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-3117
Advisory Released Date: 2026-09-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-09-29
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user (CVE-2026-16742)
Affected Packages:
systemd
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update systemd --releasever 2023.12.20260928 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-3117 --releasever 2023.12.20260928 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
systemd-networkd-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-boot-unsigned-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-resolved-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-pam-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-journal-remote-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-libs-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-udev-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-libs-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-container-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-boot-unsigned-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-container-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-resolved-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-standalone-sysusers-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-debugsource-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-tests-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-devel-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-networkd-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-pam-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-tests-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
systemd-udev-252.23-13.amzn2023.aarch64
noarch:
systemd-rpm-macros-252.23-13.amzn2023.noarch
systemd-oomd-defaults-252.23-13.amzn2023.noarch
src:
systemd-252.23-13.amzn2023.src
x86_64:
systemd-resolved-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-libs-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-standalone-sysusers-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-libs-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-networkd-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-standalone-sysusers-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-container-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-pam-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-debugsource-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-networkd-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-container-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-pam-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-boot-unsigned-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-udev-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-boot-unsigned-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-udev-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-journal-remote-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-resolved-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-devel-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-tests-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64
systemd-tests-debuginfo-252.23-13.amzn2023.x86_64