high7.8
CVE-2026-61897
An Ubuntu-specific patch to AccountsService before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | Ubuntu-Specific Patch To AccountsService | before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.