CVE-2025-8454
Published: August 5, 2025Last modified: August 5, 2025
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Notes
Our debian-devscripts package does not provide uscan.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 25 LTS | debian-devscripts | Not affected (2.25.13-r0) |
| Stream | debian-devscripts | Not affected (2.25.1-r1) |