SUSE CVE-2026-61897

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...

CVE-2026-61897

A flaw was found in AccountsService. An Ubuntu-specific patch for AccountsService did not fully drop root privileges when launching language helper scripts. This oversight allows a local user to exploit the incomplete privilege drop, potentially enabling them to reset their effective user ID to...

CVE-2026-61897

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...

CVE-2026-61898 accountsservice: shell injection via attacker-controlled ~/.pam_environment in Ubuntu language helper scripts

The Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts save-to-pam-env, update-langlist shipped with accountsservice before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 treat the user-controlled LANGUAGE entry in /.pamenvironment as trusted input. The value is interpolated unescaped into a GNU sed replacement expression, allowing an...