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PYSEC-2026-135

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-04-09 16:16 - Updated: 2026-04-17 20:17

Details

In Ubuntu, Subiquity version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, Subiquity could include certain user credentials, such as the user's plaintext Wi-Fi password, in the attached logs.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Impacted products

Name	purl
subiquity	pkg:pypi/subiquity

Aliases

CVE-2025-14551

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "subiquity",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/subiquity"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "24.04.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-14551"
  ],
  "details": "In Ubuntu, Subiquity version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, Subiquity could include certain user credentials, such as the user\u0027s plaintext Wi-Fi password, in the attached logs.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-135",
  "modified": "2026-04-17T20:17:02.457Z",
  "published": "2026-04-09T16:16:23.890Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2025-14551 (GCVE-0-2025-14551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 15:03 – Updated: 2026-04-10 13:54

Title

Senstive information disclosure was affecting subiquity

Summary

Severity

2.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

CWE

CWE-1258 - Exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information

Assigner

canonical

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358	patchissue-tracking
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357	patchissue-tracking

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Canonical	Ubuntu	Affected: 0 , ≤ 24.04.4 (custom) Affected: 0 , ≤ 25.10 (custom) Affected: 0 , ≤ 25.04 (custom)

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-135

CVE-2025-14551 (GCVE-0-2025-14551)

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