| Name | CVE-2025-8454 |
| Description | It was discovered that uscan, a tool to scan/watch upstream sources for new releases of software, included in devscripts (a collection of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier), skips OpenPGP verification if the upstream source is already downloaded from a previous run even if the verification failed back then. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1109251 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| devscripts (PTS) | bullseye | 2.21.3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.23.4+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid, trixie | 2.25.15 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| devscripts | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1109251 |
Notes
[trixie] - devscripts <no-dsa> (Can be fixed via a point release)
[bookworm] - devscripts <no-dsa> (Can be fixed via a point release)
[bullseye] - devscripts <postponed> (Minor issue)