ubuntu-cve-2025-8454
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-08-01 06:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:15
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
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"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.14.1ubuntu0.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.14.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.13.4",
"2.13.4build1",
"2.13.8git1",
"2.13.9",
"2.14.1",
"2.14.1ubuntu0.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.16.2ubuntu3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.16.2ubuntu3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
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}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
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"2.15.9ubuntu2",
"2.15.9ubuntu3",
"2.16.2ubuntu3"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
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{
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"binary_version": "2.17.12ubuntu1.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.17.12ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
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}
],
"versions": [
"2.17.9build1",
"2.17.10ubuntu1",
"2.17.11",
"2.17.12ubuntu1",
"2.17.12ubuntu1.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.20.2ubuntu2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.20.2ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
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}
],
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"2.19.6ubuntu1",
"2.19.7ubuntu2",
"2.20.1ubuntu1",
"2.20.2ubuntu2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.22.1ubuntu1.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.22.1ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.21.4ubuntu1",
"2.21.4ubuntu2",
"2.22.1ubuntu1",
"2.22.1ubuntu1.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.23.7ubuntu0.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.23.7ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
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"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.23.6",
"2.23.6build1",
"2.23.7",
"2.23.7ubuntu0.1",
"2.23.7ubuntu0.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.25.19ubuntu2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.25.19ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.25.5",
"2.25.11",
"2.25.12",
"2.25.13",
"2.25.14",
"2.25.15",
"2.25.19ubuntu1",
"2.25.19ubuntu2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "devscripts",
"binary_version": "2.26.7"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "devscripts",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.26.7?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.25.19ubuntu2",
"2.25.26",
"2.25.27",
"2.25.30",
"2.25.31",
"2.26.4",
"2.26.5",
"2.26.5ubuntu1",
"2.26.6ubuntu1",
"2.26.7"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-8454",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:15:59Z",
"published": "2025-08-01T06:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-8454"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8454"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/-/merge_requests/552"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2025-8454"
]
}
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