APT package manager that affects Ubuntu and Debian operating systems
Bulletin ID: 2026-172-AWS Publication Date: 11/05/2026 20:00 PM PST Description: An issue in the APT package manager (CVE-2026-109518) affects Ubuntu and Debian operating systems. Under specific conditions, when APT is configured to use HTTP package sources with retry settings enabled, a third party with a network position between the host and the package mirror could cause APT to install a package that did not pass verification. Updated APT packages are available from Canonical (USN-8996-1) and Debian (DSA-6607-1). The following fixed versions address this issue: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: apt 2.4.15ubuntu0.1 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: apt 2.8.4ubuntu0.1 - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: apt 3.2.1ubuntu0.1 - Debian (DSA-6607-1): See Debian Security Advisory for version details Customers running Ubuntu or Debian-based Amazon EC2 instances or container images should apply the updates. For details, see the full AWS Security Bulletin. Read this article
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Changes since it was listed
Details and references
- CVSS 4.0
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/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
- Severity from
- NVD