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wsl-pro-service vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Darshan U discovered that Ubuntu Pro for WSL exposed the attach token in command-line arguments when enabling a subscription on a WSL instance. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information and gain unauthorized access to Ubuntu Pro repositories.

Products
wsl-pro-service
Affected versions
0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.18, 0.1.18build1, 0.1.18~20.04.2, 0.1.18~22.04.2, 0.1.18~24.04.3, 0.1.19ubuntu1, 0.1.19ubuntu2, 0.1.2, 0.1.2build1, 0.1.4
Fixed versions
0.1.18~20.04.2+esm1, 0.1.18~22.04.3, 0.1.18~24.04.4, 0.1.19ubuntu2.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-102371
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 02:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wsl-pro-service vulnerability

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2026, 20:11 UTC

Darshan U discovered that Ubuntu Pro for WSL exposed the attach token in command-line arguments when enabling a subscription on a WSL instance. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information and gain unauthorized access to Ubuntu Pro repositories.

osv:USN-8892-1

wsl-pro-service

Fixed versions: 0.1.18~20.04.2+esm1

wsl-pro-service

Fixed versions: 0.1.18~22.04.3

wsl-pro-service

Fixed versions: 0.1.18~24.04.4

wsl-pro-service

Fixed versions: 0.1.19ubuntu2.1

Complete source record
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