CVE-2026-6970CWE-842

authd Denial of Service and Local Privilege Escalation

High · published April 27, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00110 · 1.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-842 · Placement of User into Incorrect Group
Published
2026-04-27T15:28Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 APR 15:28Z
    authd Denial of Service and Local Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5