CVE-2025-8454 Affecting devscripts package, versions *
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- published28 Aug 2025
- disclosed1 Aug 2025
Introduced: 1 Aug 2025
CVE-2025-8454 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:24.04 devscripts.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.