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    CVE-2026-61898

    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.

    Published:Aug 20, 2026
    Last Modified:Aug 26, 2026
    EPS:Aug 20, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.0013
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Accountsservice

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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    High