CVE-2025-8454
Publication date 1 August 2025
Last updated 12 November 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| devscripts | 25.10 questing |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable, fix deferred
|
Notes
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.8 · Critical
|
| 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 |