{"id":"CVE-2018-0501","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-0501","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:56:11.454Z","title":"The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.","description":"The mirror:// method implementation in Advanced Package Tool (APT) 1.6.x before 1.6.4 and 1.7.x before 1.7.0~alpha3 mishandles gpg signature verification for the InRelease file of a fallback mirror, aka mirrorfail.","published":"2018-08-21T00:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:31:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-347"],"affected":["canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/advanced package tool"],"epss":{"score":0.00954,"percentile":0.61184,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://mirror.fail","tags":["Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://mirror.fail","tags":["Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/29658a3a74af49e2a24e17bdebb20e1612aac3ec","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/commit/aebd4278bacc728ab00ebe31556983e140f60e47","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3746-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0501","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}