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CVE-2026-6970

30
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Apr 27, 2026Last modified: Apr 27, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.6.1, < 0.6.1ubuntu0.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:authd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:authd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/canonical/authdFixed in: 0.6.4
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: authd (resolute)Fixed in: 0.6.1ubuntu0.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-fg3j-5w9g-hmg7high

authd: Primary group ID is incorrectly set to value of UID

May 5, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8212-1

authd vulnerability

Apr 27, 2026

References

github.com / canonical/authd/commit/154b428305cb1a7a19c897626fefd09d6dde8b9f
github.com / canonical/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-fg3j-5w9g-hmg7