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CVE-2026-109518 - APT package manager that affects Ubuntu and Debian operating systems

Severity not listed 1 CVE Published Nov 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC

Summary

Bulletin ID: 2026-172-AWS

Publication Date: 11/05/2026 20:00 PM PST

Description:

An issue in the APT package manager (CVE-2026-109518) affects Ubuntu and Debian operating systems. Under specific conditions, when APT is configured to use HTTP package sources with retry settings enabled, a third party with a network position between the host and the package mirror could cause APT to install a package that did not pass verification. Updated APT packages are available from Canonical (USN-8996-1) and Debian (DSA-6607-1).

The following fixed versions address this issue:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: apt 2.4.15ubuntu0.1

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: apt 2.8.4ubuntu0.1

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: apt 3.2.1ubuntu0.1

- Debian (DSA-6607-1): See Debian Security Advisory for version details

Customers running Ubuntu or Debian-based Amazon EC2 instances or container images should apply the updates. For details, see the full AWS Security Bulletin.

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Products covered

A separate affected-products list was not included in the collected bulletin.

Remediation

Updated APT packages are available from Canonical (USN-8996-1) and Debian (DSA-6607-1).

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