CVE-2025-8454

Aug. 1, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

9.8
Critical

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Debian
  • Devscripts
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-347
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a debian devscripts / / / / / / / /

References

https://bugs.debian.org/1109251

Tags

CWE-347
security@debian.org
2025-08-01
CVE-2025-8454

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 1, 2025, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 1, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@debian.org

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