CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-16122

7.8 HIGH Published 2020-11-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-11-07
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-345

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.

Affected configurations

• packagekit project packagekit • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 20.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity weakness

References