Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 8212-1 authd Important Privilege Escalation Risk 2026
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Summary: authd could be made to escalate privileges. Software Description: Details: It was discovered that authd incorrectly assigned the primary group ID to users under certain conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve privilege escalation, or gain unauthorized access to files belonging to other users.
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Summary: authd could be made to escalate privileges. Software Description: Details: It was discovered that authd incorrectly assigned the primary group ID to users under certain conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve privilege escalation, or gain unauthorized access to files belonging to other users.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: After a standard system update you need to restart authd to make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: After a standard system update you need to restart authd to make all the necessary changes.
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