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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2026-61897",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61897",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-20T14:32:53.827Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-26T19:50:49.398Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "accountsservice: incomplete privilege drop when running Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts",
      "summary": "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.",
      "affected": [
        {
          "vendor": "Canonical",
          "product": "accountsservice",
          "packageName": "accountsservice",
          "platforms": [
            "Ubuntu 14.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 16.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 18.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS",
            "Ubuntu 26.10"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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            {
              "version": "22.07.5-2ubuntu1",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "dpkg",
              "lessThan": "22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6"
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            {
              "version": "23.13.9-2ubuntu6",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "dpkg",
              "lessThan": "23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1"
            },
            {
              "version": "23.13.9-8ubuntu5",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "dpkg",
              "lessThan": "23.13.9-8ubuntu5.2"
            },
            {
              "version": "23.13.9-8ubuntu6",
              "status": "affected",
              "versionType": "dpkg",
              "lessThan": "23.13.9-8ubuntu7"
            }
          ]
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      ]
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