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CVE-2026-102371 json

wsl-pro-service: Ubuntu Pro token exposed via process command-line arguments

published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-88962

cvss
5.7
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In wsl-pro-service before 0.1.19ubuntu3, the service component which runs as root inside each WSL instance attaches the instance to Ubuntu Pro by executing the pro client with the Ubuntu Pro token passed as a command-line argument (pro attach <token>). On systems where /proc is mounted without process-hiding mitigations (such as hidepid), which is the default in WSL, an unprivileged local user or process in the same WSL instance can read the token from /proc/<pid>/cmdline while the attach process is running. The leaked token could then be used to attach other machines to the victim's Ubuntu Pro subscription and gain unauthorized access to Ubuntu Pro services.

Patch / fix

  • Canonical Ubuntu Pro for WSL 0.1.18~20.04.2, 0.1.18~22.04.2, 0.1.18~24.04.3, 0.1.19ubuntu2
  • wsl-pro-service Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 0.1.18~22.04.3
  • wsl-pro-service Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 0.1.18~24.04.4
  • wsl-pro-service Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 0.1.19ubuntu2.1
  • wsl-pro-service Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0.1.18~20.04.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-102371

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Pro for WSL

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-214 Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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