Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

CVE-2025-14551Senstive information disclosure was affecting subiquity

Low 2.7

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Ubuntu from Canonical. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)2.7Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIsubiquityno fix listedPYSEC-2026-135
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsubiquityno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-14551

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Canonical Ubuntu 0 – through 24.04.40 – through 25.100 – through 25.04

Weakness: CWE-1258 · Vector: 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

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