CVE-2022-1804
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.14% (3rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.1 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.1
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7.1
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security@ubuntu.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
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ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- canonical accountsservice< 22.07.5-2ubuntu1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:accountsservice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (5)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1974250cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1804cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167255/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5439-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/AccountsService-denial-of-service-38433cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1974250enisa_euvd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5439-1enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/1974250Issue Trackingnvd
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