CVE-2025-15480 Senstive information disclosure was affecting ubuntu-desktop-provision
Attackers can obtain sensitive user password hashes if users submit bug reports after installation failures in Ubuntu desktop provisioning.
- 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-2025-15480?
CVE-2025-15480 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, ubuntu-desktop-provision version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, ubuntu-desktop-provision could include the user's password hash in the attached logs.
Weakness: CWE-1258
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15480?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Desktop Provision.
How do I fix CVE-2025-15480?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15480 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-15480 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15480 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24q9-g4p7-45qp.