What is CVE-2023-5182?

CVE-2023-5182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-5182?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity

CVE-2023-5182

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.

Published 2023-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Subiquity — versions 0
Canonical Subiquity

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi (issue-tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d008860… (issue-tracking, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5182?: CVE-2023-5182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Subiquity, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-5182?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.