CVE-2026-61897: accountsservice: incomplete privilege drop when running Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts
Canonical · accountsservice
Fixed in 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 · Affected: Canonical accountsservice before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 3% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
An Ubuntu-specific patch to AccountsService before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts. It changes the effective UID/GID to the target user but leaves the real UID as 0 (root). A shell spawned by a helper script inherits ruid=0 and may reset its effective UID to root, enabling local privilege escalation.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Canonical · accountsservicefrom 22.07.5-2ubuntu1 before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6; from 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 before 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1; from 23.13.9-8ubuntu5 before 23.13.9-8ubuntu5.2; from 23.13.9-8ubuntu6 before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Canonical
- Published
- August 2026
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