[ubuntu/noble-security] accountsservice 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1 (Accepted)

Marc Deslauriers marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Tue Jul 21 16:52:15 UTC 2026


accountsservice (23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: SetLanguage leads to local privilege escalation and
    root code execution (LP: #2157985)
    - d/p/0001-user-Fully-drop-privileges-when-running-locale-helpe.patch: user:
      Fully drop privileges when running locale helpers in src/user.c,
      src/util.c, src/util.h.
    - debian/patches/0002-langtools-Handle-input-as-untrusted.patch: langtools:
      Handle input as untrusted in data/langtools/save-to-pam-env,
      data/langtools/set-language-helper, data/langtools/update-langlist.
    - CVE-2026-61897
    - CVE-2026-61898

Date: 2026-07-13 17:26:20.459310+00:00
Changed-By: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at canonical.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1
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