CVE-2020-16122

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

PackageKit's apt backend mistakenly treated all local debs as trusted. The apt security model is based on repository trust and not on the contents of individual files. On sites with configured PolicyKit rules this may allow users to install malicious packages.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.2.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.2.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.2.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.2.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.2.1-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16122

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.