CVE-2026-61897 Affecting accountsservice package, versions <22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-ACCOUNTSSERVICE-18137883
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026

Introduced: 22 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-61897  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 accountsservice to version 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream accountsservice package and not the accountsservice package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1