CVE-2022-0555
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
CVE-2022-0555- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15677
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
EUVD-2022-15677- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fghj-2j25-cqqp
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
GHSA-fghj-2j25-cqqp- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
CVE-2022-0555- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
CVE-2022-0555- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-0555
8.4
Subiquity Shows Guided Storage Passphrase in Plaintext with Read-all Permissions
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0555- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
subiquityUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.0.29 |
None known |
subiquityUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 19.08.1.419.12.1.119.12.1.1+git71gea8d463f19.12.2+git106g3d9374ad20.03.3+git107gb7ae4d0620.03.3+git147gb34aeda020.04.1+git45g5f9fae1920.04.1+git45g5f9fae19ubuntu0.1 |
None known |
subiquityUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 20.04.3+git84g6a5e36ed |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-0555 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Canonical Subiquity, published February 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1960162
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0555
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1181
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1182
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0555
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fghj-2j25-cqqp
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/0xxx/CVE-2022-0555.json
github.com/canonical/subiquity
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0555