apt-get in apt before 0.7.21 does not check for the correct error code from gpgv, which causes apt to treat a repository as valid even…

Description

apt-get in apt before 0.7.21 does not check for the correct error code from gpgv, which causes apt to treat a repository as valid even when it has been signed with a key that has been revoked or expired, which might allow remote attackers to trick apt into installing malicious repositories.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 34874 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1779 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 34829 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34630 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 34832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/356012 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-762-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=433091 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• apt-aptget-gpgv-security-bypass(50086) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1358](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1358.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1358)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:13 UTC.