CVE-2026-9494

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 16, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9494(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuubuntu-advantage-tools (19.7ubuntu0.1) @ trusty2026-07-26ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-26 11:26 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-26 11:26 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-26 11:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-23 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-17 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-17 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-16 12:49 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-16 12:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-9494?
CVE-2026-9494 is a medium vulnerability published on July 16, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-9494 disclosed?
CVE-2026-9494 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-9494 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-9494 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-9494?
CVE-2026-9494 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-9494?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-9494, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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