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.
Published: 2025-08-01
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-23342 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.
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History

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:debian:devscripts:2.25.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian devscripts
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian devscripts

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-347
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 for files already downloaded even if a previous verification did fail. 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.

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 for files already downloaded even if a previous verification did fail.
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Debian Devscripts
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-01T13:47:20.337Z

Reserved: 2025-08-01T05:31:30.538Z

Link: CVE-2025-8454

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-01T13:46:16.099Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-01T06:15:29.493

Modified: 2025-08-06T16:17:38.593

Link: CVE-2025-8454

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-04T09:00:45Z

Weaknesses