Upstream information
Description
The Ubuntu-specific language helper scripts (save-to-pam-env, update-langlist) shipped with accountsservice before 23.13.9-8ubuntu7 treat the user-controlled LANGUAGE entry in ~/.pam_environment as trusted input. The value is interpolated unescaped into a GNU sed replacement expression, allowing an attacker to inject a sed 'e' flag and arbitrary shell commands that execute with the privileges of the AccountsService helper process (real UID 0) via the SetLanguage D-Bus method.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (Canonical) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | accountsservice | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | accountsservice | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Aug 25 11:35:16 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 9 21:54:22 2026