CVE-2026-61897: accountsservice 22.07.5-2ubuntu1 to before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6, 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 to before 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1…

CVE-2026-61897. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.0014 (percentile 0.03), scored 17-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

accountsservice · 22.07.5-2ubuntu1 to before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6, 23.13.9-2ubuntu6 to before 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1, 23.13.9-8ubuntu5 to before 23.13.9-8ubuntu5.2, 23.13.9-8ubuntu6 to before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7
Canonical

Description’s affected range: before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 only partially drops privileges before launching language helper scripts

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source reports that an attacker could gain higher privileges under the conditions described by the source. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 18-Oct-2026 20:24 UTC

CWE: CWE-273
CCR priority: 31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.0014 · percentile 0.03 · 2026-10-17
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 20:23:06.032219+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-61897.html