CVE•Published 2026-04-09•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-15480Canonical · Ubuntu_desktop_provision
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS percentile
21
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 79% of all CVEs
Description
In Ubuntu, ubuntu-desktop-provision version 24.04.4 could leak sensitive user credentials during crash reporting. Upon installation failure, if a user submitted a bug report to Launchpad, ubuntu-desktop-provision could include the user's password hash in the attached logs.
Timeline
Published 2026-04-09
Modified 2026-10-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-15480Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Canonical Ubuntu Desktop Provision" version:"24.04.4"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ubuntu Desktop Provision"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ubuntu Desktop Provision" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-15480Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-15480Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-15480Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-15480GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-15480" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2025-154804 repos
cnlinxi/LLM-paper-dailyPython
Automatically Update LLM Papers Daily using Github Actions. Ref: https://github.com/Vincentqyw/cv-arxiv-daily
hivellm/nexusRust
Nexus is a modern graph database built for read-heavy workloads with first-class KNN (K-Nearest Neighbors) support. Inspired by Neo4j's architecture, it combines the power of graph…
floppywiggler/directio64-disclosureC
cmivqa/ro-arxiv-dailyPython
Automatically Update Arxiv Papers Daily using Github Actions (Update Every 8th hours)