vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2025-6966: python-apt -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | Jan 8, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 17, 2025
Added
Dec 17, 2025
Modified
Jan 8, 2026
Description
NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.
Solution
debian-upgrade-python-apt
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