CVE-2025-14551In Ubuntu, Subiquity version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting.
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1258
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
canonical ubuntu_subiquity canonical:ubuntu_subiquity | 24.04.4 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357issue-tracking, patch
- https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358issue-tracking, patch
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