Debian 12 and Fedora 43 Address python-apt Vulnerabilities

Debian 12 and Fedora 43 Address python-apt Vulnerabilities

First seen 4 Mar 2026, 10:08 UTC Linuxsecurity 36.5

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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.

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2025-12-05
CVE-2025-6966 published
2026-02-16
Updates released for Debian 12 and Fedora 43