{"id":"CVE-2020-16126","details":"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D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.","modified":"2026-05-04T08:32:24.941955Z","published":"2020-11-11T04:15:12.053Z","withdrawn":"2026-05-04T08:32:24.941955Z","references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.55"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16126.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}