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Fedora 43 Python-Apt Important Local DoS Threat 2026

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • March 4, 2026

python-apt is a wrapper to use features of APT from Python. Update Information : Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15, also fix build problem with release

python-apt is a wrapper to use features of APT from Python.

Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0 Update to latest upstream release apt 3.1.15, also fix build problem with release

* Mon Feb 16 2026 Terje Rsten - 3.1.0-1 - Rebuild for so bump in apt 3.1.15 - 3.1.0 * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.3.0-17 - Rebuilt for

[ 1 ] Bug #2149769 - python-apt-3.1.0 is available [ 2 ] Bug #2319327 - apt-3.1.15 is available [ 3 ] Bug #2339898 - apt-2.9.8-1.fc43 FTBFS: apt-2.9.8/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc:597:7: error: \u2018uint8_t\u2019 was not declared in this scope [ 4 ] Bug #2384459 - apt: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f43 [ 5 ] Bug #2423062 - CVE-2025-6966 python-apt: python-apt: NULL pointer dereference leads to local denial of service [fedora-43]

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-1c47e433df' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

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Debian 12 and Fedora 43 Address python-apt Vulnerabilities Debian 12 and Fedora 43 have released updates to address vulnerabilities in the python-apt package, which is a wrapper for using APT features in Python. The updates include the latest upstream releases of apt 3.1.15 and python-apt 3.1.0, fixing security issues and build problems. A known CVE, CVE-2025-6966, was published on December 5, 2025, related to these vulnerabilities. 2 sources 37

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