What is CVE-2022-0555?

CVE-2022-0555 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-0555?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity

CVE-2022-0555

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

Published 2024-06-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Subiquity — versions 0
Canonical Subiquity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-256 — Plaintext Storage of a Password

References

bugs.launchpad.net/subiquity/+bug/1960162 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
www.cve.org/CVERecord (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1181 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1182 (issue-tracking, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0555?: CVE-2022-0555 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity, classified under Plaintext Storage of a Password. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2024-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-0555?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.