Your package manager trusts the mirror it downloads from - and that trust is the whole attack surface.
If an attacker can intercept or spoof the APT repository, a routine apt upgrade becomes a root-level compromise. The update mechanism itself is the vulnerability, not just the packages.
Read the breakdown: https://hsecurities.in/blog/de....bian-ubuntu-apt-mitm
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