UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
authd vulnerability
USN-8212-1 Published Apr 27, 2026
CVE-2026-6970
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
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. Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-6970.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 26.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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