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TI-2022-01670 Aliases CVE-2022-1804GHSA-v7v5-m765-h4w4

Accountsservice incorrectly drops privileges

Priority LOW 24CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00141 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Ubuntu): 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UbuntuLinux0.6.55-3ubuntu1 to before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.322.07.5-2ubuntu1.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorUbuntu Affected 0.6.55-3ubuntu1 to before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3 Fixed in 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*22.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 22.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Ubuntu) Fixed in 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1804
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v7v5-m765-h4w4

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2007-05153 Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2004-01032 Multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP functionality for Linux kernel 2.4.22 to 2.4.28, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00896 Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00800 Buffer overflow in the QFILEPATHINFO request handler in Samba 3.0.x through 3.0.7 may… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00962 Buffer overflow in the exif_read_data function in PHP before 4.3.10 and PHP 5.x up to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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