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CVE-2026-9494 (GCVE-0-2026-9494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-16 12:12 – Updated: 2026-07-16 15:11

Title

ubuntu-pro-client Information Disclosure via Cleartext Bearer Token Exposure in Process Command Line

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Canonical ubuntu-pro-client (formerly ubuntu-advantage-tools). The client validates Ubuntu Pro APT credentials by executing /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper using the download-file command. During this process, the secret bearer token is embedded directly in the cleartext URL component passed via the command-line arguments (argv), resulting in a URL format such as https://bearer:<token>@esm.ubuntu.com/.../. On systems utilizing a default-mounted /proc file system where process-hiding mitigations (such as hidepid) are disabled, an unprivileged local attacker can monitor system processes and read the sensitive bearer token directly from /proc/cmdline while the helper process is actively running. This leaked token can subsequently be used to gain unauthorized access to the victim's Ubuntu Pro or Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) repositories.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-16 13:36 UTC

CWE

CWE-214 - Invocation of process using visible sensitive information

Assigner

canonical CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 60 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-9494	vdb-entry

Impacted products

8 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Canonical	ubuntu-pro-client (ubuntu-advantage-tools)	Affected: 0 , < 37.3 (python)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.2ubuntu0.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.2ubuntu~24.04.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.2ubuntu~22.04.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.1ubuntu0~20.04.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.1ubuntu0~18.04.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	Unaffected: 37.1ubuntu0~16.04.1 (dpkg)	guessed
Canonical	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	Unaffected: 19.7ubuntu0.1 (dpkg)	guessed

Date Public

2026-07-16 12:00

Credits

Bilal Teke

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FKIE_CVE-2026-9494

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-16 13:16 - Updated: 2026-07-16 16:19

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@ubuntu.com	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-9494

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-4M5M-X42P-VRWG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-16 15:33 – Updated: 2026-07-16 15:33

Details

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Canonical ubuntu-pro-client (formerly ubuntu-advantage-tools). The client validates Ubuntu Pro APT credentials by executing /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper using the download-file command. During this process, the secret bearer token is embedded directly in the cleartext URL component passed via the command-line arguments (argv), resulting in a URL format such as https://bearer:@esm.ubuntu.com/.../. On systems utilizing a default-mounted /proc file system where process-hiding mitigations (such as hidepid) are disabled, an unprivileged local attacker can monitor system processes and read the sensitive bearer token directly from /proc/cmdline while the helper process is actively running. This leaked token can subsequently be used to gain unauthorized access to the victim's Ubuntu Pro or Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) repositories.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-9494 (CVE-2026-9494)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-07-17 14:00 – Updated: 2026-07-29 07:53 – Source website

Details

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Canonical ubuntu-pro-client (formerly ubuntu-advantage-tools). The client validates Ubuntu Pro APT credentials by executing /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper using the download-file command. During this process, the secret bearer token is embedded directly in the cleartext URL component passed via the command-line arguments (argv), resulting in a URL format such as https://bearer:@esm.ubuntu.com/.../. On systems utilizing a default-mounted /proc file system where process-hiding mitigations (such as hidepid) are disabled, an unprivileged local attacker can monitor system processes and read the sensitive bearer token directly from /proc/cmdline while the helper process is actively running. This leaked token can subsequently be used to gain unauthorized access to the victim's Ubuntu Pro or Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) repositories.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-9494	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9494	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8555-1	ADVISORY

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  "details": "An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Canonical ubuntu-pro-client (formerly ubuntu-advantage-tools). The client validates Ubuntu Pro APT credentials by executing /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper using the download-file command. During this process, the secret bearer token is embedded directly in the cleartext URL component passed via the command-line arguments (argv), resulting in a URL format such as https://bearer:\u003ctoken\u003e@esm.ubuntu.com/.../. On systems utilizing a default-mounted /proc file system where process-hiding mitigations (such as hidepid) are disabled, an unprivileged local attacker can monitor system processes and read the sensitive bearer token directly from /proc/cmdline while the helper process is actively running. This leaked token can subsequently be used to gain unauthorized access to the victim\u0027s Ubuntu Pro or Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) repositories.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-9494",
  "modified": "2026-07-29T07:53:18Z",
  "published": "2026-07-17T14:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-9494"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9494"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8555-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-8555-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-9494"
  ]
}

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Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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