VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-16126

CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-11-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • security@ubuntu.com: CWE-269
  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references