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🛡️ CVE-2025-66418 on Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io) — python3-pip

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2025-66418 in python3-pip - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2025-66418 in the python3-pip package for Root:Ubuntu:22.04. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-66418 as tracked by Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io), for the package python3-pip. The fix is available in version 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7.aikido.9; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-66418 is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-66418 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • python3-pip (fixed in 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7.aikido.9)
  • rootio-python3-pip (fixed in 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7.aikido.9)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2025-66418 on other distributions

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python3-pip — 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7.aikido.9
rootio-python3-pip — 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7.aikido.9

References

N/A

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