Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2020-16122

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.

  • Published: Nov 7, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-16122
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 18.04 18.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 20.04 20.04.x