8.1

CVE-2025-14551: canonical ubuntu

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesPYSEC-2026-135UBUNTU-CVE-2025-14551
Published 09-04-2026Last modified 10-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-14551 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
PyPI1 product
  • subiquity≤ 24.04.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • subiquityAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

4 links