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VendorFreedesktop (2c544e5d-e68e-5b35-a616-dc08f0ba697e)
ProductAccountsservice (a16c1fde-e5f8-5d44-b823-3347b7d34be5)
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NotesImported from purl2cpe mapping

PURL mappings

PURLSourceLast updated
pkg:deb/debian/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746908
pkg:deb/ubuntu/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746911
pkg:github/freedesktop/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746915
pkg:gitlab/redhat/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746918
pkg:rpm/centos/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746921
pkg:rpm/fedora/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746924
pkg:rpm/opensuse/accountsservice purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:14:03.746927

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2020-16127 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:41:47.192982 accountsservice .pam_environment infinite loop
LOW (2.8)
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, would perform unbounded read operations on user-controlled ~/.pam_environment files, allowing an infinite loop if /dev/zero is symlinked to this location.
Published: 2020-11-11T04:10:15.512Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:58:49.219Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2020-16126 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:41:47.192571 accountsservice drops ruid, allows unprivileged users to send it signals
LOW (3.3)
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.
Published: 2020-11-11T04:10:15.043Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T17:15:27.923Z
Reference links
Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2018-14036 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:38:11.819935 Details available
Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.
Published: 2018-07-13T12:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-05T09:21:40.788Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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