CVE-2023-5182
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in...
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
CVE-2023-5182- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57519
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57519- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9j7r-mqx9-67mv
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in...
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
GHSA-9j7r-mqx9-67mv- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
CVE-2023-5182- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
CVE-2023-5182- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-5182
5.5
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of subiquity version 23.09.1 and earlier. An attacker in the adm group could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5182- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - 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-2023-5182 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Canonical Subiquity, published October 4, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5182
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d00886001e38eaa1c
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5182
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9j7r-mqx9-67mv
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5182.json
github.com/canonical/subiquity
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5182
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5182