TI-2024-05930 Aliases CVE-2024-6388 GHSA-qr25-x8m6-w7qj

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Canonical Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro

MEDIUM 60CWE-497Published 2024-06-27 · Updated 2024-08-01

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-497.

Summary

Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon, before version 1.12, leaks the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument in plaintext.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00147 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro (Canonical Ltd.): 1.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Canonical	Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro	before 1.12	1.12	Patch available	CNA

Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro VendorCanonical Affected before 1.12 Fixed in 1.12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_advantage_desktop_daemon::::::::	before 1.12	Vulnerable	Canonical

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_advantage_desktop_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.12 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Fix · CNA Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro (Canonical Ltd.) Fixed in 1.12

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6388
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr25-x8m6-w7qj

References

Sources

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