CVE-2025-6966 Affecting python-apt package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published6 Dec 2025
- disclosed5 Dec 2025
Introduced: 5 Dec 2025
NewCVE-2025-6966 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:13 python-apt.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-apt package and not the python-apt package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.