CVE-2025-14551

Senstive information disclosure was affecting subiquity

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 9, 2026 at 03:03 PM UTC
Updated: October 7, 2026 at 09:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorUbuntu SubiquitySubiquityUbuntu Linux

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
v ≤ 24.04.4v ≤ 25.04v ≤ 25.10

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

PatchIssue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358
PatchIssue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-1258

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