CVE-2026-61898

Publication date 21 July 2026

Last updated 7 August 2026

Description

shell injection in SetLanguage helper scripts

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Why is this CVE high priority?

Local privilege escalation issue

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
accountsservice	26.04 LTS resolute	Fixed 23.13.9-8ubuntu5.2
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 23.13.9-2ubuntu6.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.6
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 0.6.55-0ubuntu12~20.04.7+esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 0.6.45-1ubuntu1.3+esm2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6+esm2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm4

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Notes

mdeslaur

This vulnerability is in the Ubuntu-specific 0009-language-tools.patch patch. The vulnerability does not affect the upstream accountsservice project.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-8580-1
AccountsService vulnerabilities
21 July 2026

USN-8580-2
AccountsService vulnerabilities
21 July 2026

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61898