CVE-2025-14551 Senstive information disclosure was affecting subiquity
Attackers can obtain sensitive user credentials, such as Wi-Fi passwords, from crash logs generated by the Ubuntu installer during installation failures.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14551?
CVE-2025-14551 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu, published on 9 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-1258
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14551?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including subiquity. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
subiquity PyPI | All versions to 24.04.4 | None |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Subiquity.
How do I fix CVE-2025-14551?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14551 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14551 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5p47-92qw-3767, PYSEC-2026-135, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14551.