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high 8.4

CVE-2022-0555 json

Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-15677

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions

Patch / fix

  • Canonical Ltd. subiquity 22.02.1
  • canonical subiquity 22.02.1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1960162 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Canonical Ltd. subiquity
  • canonical subiquity

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

Sources

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