ubuntu-cve-2025-14551
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-04-09 16:16
Modified
2026-04-27 14:23
Summary
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
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
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "console-conf",
            "binary_version": "0.0.29"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "subiquity",
            "binary_version": "0.0.29"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "subiquity-tools",
            "binary_version": "0.0.29"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "subiquitycore",
            "binary_version": "0.0.29"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "subiquity",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/subiquity@0.0.29?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.0.29"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "console-conf",
            "binary_version": "20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "subiquitycore",
            "binary_version": "20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "subiquity",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/subiquity@20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "19.08.1.4",
        "19.12.1.1",
        "19.12.1.1+git71gea8d463f",
        "19.12.2+git106g3d9374ad",
        "20.03.3+git107gb7ae4d06",
        "20.03.3+git147gb34aeda0",
        "20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19",
        "20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "console-conf",
            "binary_version": "20.04.3+git84g6a5e36ed"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "subiquitycore",
            "binary_version": "20.04.3+git84g6a5e36ed"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "subiquity",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/subiquity@20.04.3+git84g6a5e36ed?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "20.04.3+git84g6a5e36ed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14551",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:23:15Z",
  "published": "2026-04-09T16:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-14551"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14551"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-14551"
  ]
}



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