CVE-2025-6966
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.04%python-apt - security update
Published: 12/5/2025Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/python-aptfrom 0, < 2.2.1.1
- Debian/python-aptfrom 0, < 2.2.1.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |