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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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CVE-2023-5182
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4 Nov 2026, 01:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-5182

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2023, 23:28 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2023-5182
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-5182",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:32.280330558Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5182.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5182",
        "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5182",
        "https://github.com/canonical/subiquity/pull/1820/commits/62e126896fb063808767d74d00886001e38eaa1c",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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}