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| Canonical | accountsservice | unaffected |
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| Source | ID | Title |
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 Ubuntu USN |
USN-8580-1 | AccountsService vulnerabilities |
| Ubuntu USN |
USN-8580-2 | AccountsService vulnerabilities |
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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 ~/.pam_environment as trusted input. The value is interpolated unescaped into a GNU sed replacement expression, allowing an attacker to inject a sed 'e' flag and arbitrary shell commands that execute with the privileges of the AccountsService helper process (real UID 0) via the SetLanguage D-Bus method. | |
| Title | accountsservice: shell injection via attacker-controlled ~/.pam_environment in Ubuntu language helper scripts | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-20T14:32:59.924Z
Reserved: 2026-07-11T18:43:51.251Z
Link: CVE-2026-61898
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CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')