Command Injection Affecting accountsservice package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Sept 2026
- disclosed20 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-61898 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for accountsservice.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the SetLanguage D-Bus method, which processes input from the LANGUAGE entry in the ~/.pam_environment file without proper escaping. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by injecting shell commands into this entry.