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CVE-2026-61897
high
Description
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.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-61897
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/2157985