CVE-2025-6966

PoC —

CVSS 4.0

6.9 medium

EPSS

<1%p4

Published

Dec 5, 2025 (Dec 5, 2025)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: ubuntu debian
Products: python-apt, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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