High severity · published Apr 9, 2026
CVE-2025-14551
Senstive information disclosure was affecting subiquity
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UB
Ubuntu · Canonical
through 24.04.4; through 25.10; through 25.04 · source: vendor
US
Ubuntu Subiquity · Canonical
24.04.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14551
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14551
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2357
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/2358
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