🛡️ CVE-2022-1804 on Ubuntu — accountsservice

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-1804 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package accountsservice. The fix is available in version 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software and timeline

Affected software: accountsservice (fixed in 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3). Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)
www.cve.org (Report)

CVE-2022-1804 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
accountsservice 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3

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