CVE-2025-8454

CRITICAL

devscripts - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in uscan

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Issue Tracking, Mailing List

https://bugs.debian.org/1109251

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 12.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-347

Status published

Products (1)

debian/devscripts 2.25.15

Published Aug 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026