CVE Database
/

CVE-2026-6970

Back to search

CVE-2026-6970

Published: Apr 27, 2026

Modified: Apr 27, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

authd prior to version 0.6.4 contains a logic error in primary group ID assignment that can lead to local privilege escalation. When a user's primary group ID (GID) differs from their UID, either because the account was created with authd prior to version 0.5.4 or because the primary group was manually changed via the `authctl group set-gid` command, and the user's identity provider record is updated, authd incorrectly resets the user's primary group ID to their UID upon next login. This causes newly created files and directories to be owned by the wrong group, causing denial of service issues, and potentially granting unintended access to other local users and allowing local privilege escalation.

VendorProductVersions

Canonical

authd

affected
0.6.0 - < 0.6.4
affected
0.6.1 - < 0.6.1ubuntu0.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

Security Training

Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.

Start Training

Vulnerability Scanning

Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.

Scan Now