CVE-2025-15480 | Canonical Ubuntu-desktop-provision up to 24.04.4/25.04/25.10 Password Hash exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information

VDB-356575 · CVE-2025-15480 · GCVE-0-2025-15480 CANONICAL UBUNTU-DESKTOP-PROVISION UP TO 24.04.4/25.04/25.10 PASSWORD HASH EXPOSURE OF SENSITIVE SYSTEM INFORMATION DUE TO UNCLEARED DEBUG INFORMATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 5.3 $0-$5k 0.00+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Canonical Ubuntu-desktop-provision up to 24.04.4/25.04/25.10. Affected is an unknown function of the component Password Hash Handler. This manipulation causes exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-15480. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Detailsinfo A vulnerability has been found in Canonical Ubuntu-desktop-provision up to 24.04.4/25.04/25.10 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Password Hash Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1258. The hardware does not fully clear security-sensitive values, such as keys and intermediate values in cryptographic operations, when debug mode is entered. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is: 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. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-15480 since 01/07/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/09/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Vendor Canonical Name Ubuntu-desktop-provision Version 24.04.0 24.04.1 24.04.2 24.04.3 24.04.4 25.0 25.04 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 25.8 25.9 25.10 License open-source Website Product: https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3 VulDB Base Score: 5.3 VulDB Temp Score: 5.3 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Exposure of sensitive system information due to uncleared debug information CWE: CWE-1258 / CWE-200 / CWE-284 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 01/07/2026 CVE reserved 04/09/2026 +91 days Advisory disclosed 04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: github.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2025-15480 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-15480 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356575 Entryinfo Created: 04/09/2026 17:31 Changes: 04/09/2026 17:31 (65) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:1E4:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸