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general

source: mutt (main)
version: 2.4.0-1
maintainer: Mutt maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: Antonio Radici [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3
o-o-sec: 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3
oldstable: 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1
old-sec: 2.2.9-1+deb12u1
stable: 2.2.13-1
testing: 2.4.0-1
unstable: 2.4.0-1

versioned links

2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.9-1+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.13-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.4.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

mutt (72 bugs: 0, 31, 41, 0)

action needed

AppStream hints: 1 error and 1 warning high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

mutt: 1 error and 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2018-06-04 Last update: 2022-01-21 06:05

7 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 7 bugs (8 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-29 22:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that mutt depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-06-29 21:30

2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit fa371a46afa39e83b8c6db9972c0d84b1267f232
Merge: 6f4616a cc31f89
Author: Antonio Radici <antonio@debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jun 28 16:05:52 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'patch-1' into 'master'
    
    Remove debian-specific sort=threads override
    
    See merge request mutt-team/mutt!10

commit cc31f89f03efbdba1036d03f21287e7392ba12d1
Author: Nikolas Nyby <nikolas@gnu.org>
Date:   Mon Jun 22 22:43:30 2026 -0400

    Remove debian-specific sort=threads override
    
    Closes #1140576. Feel free to reject if this is not desired behavior - it was just not clear to me why we can't defer to mutt for this default setting.

Created: 2026-06-28 Last update: 2026-06-28 18:02

6 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 6 open security issues in bookworm.

6 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-43859: (needs triaging) mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes uses strfcpy instead of memcpy for the IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.
CVE-2026-43860: (needs triaging) mutt before 2.3.2 sometimes truncates the hash_passwd by one byte for IMAP auth_cram MD5 digest.
CVE-2026-43861: (needs triaging) mutt before 2.3.2 does not check for '\0' in url_pct_decode.
CVE-2026-43862: (needs triaging) In mutt before 2.3.2, the imap_auth_gss security level is mishandled.
CVE-2026-43863: (needs triaging) mutt before 2.3.2 has an infinite loop in data_object_to_stream in crypt-gpgme.c.
CVE-2026-43864: (needs triaging) mutt before 2.3.2 has a show_sig_summary NULL pointer dereference.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-05-04 Last update: 2026-06-27 07:00

debian/patches: 13 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 14 debian patches available in version 2.4.0-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

13 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-06-22 09:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2022-12-17 Last update: 2026-06-22 00:00

news

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[2026-06-27] mutt 2.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-21] Accepted mutt 2.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2026-06-13] mutt 2.3.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-06-07] Accepted mutt 2.3.2-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2024-08-01] mutt 2.2.13-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-27] Accepted mutt 2.2.13-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2023-10-27] mutt 2.2.12-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-10-25] mutt REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-24] Accepted mutt 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2023-09-20] Accepted mutt 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7 (source) into oldoldstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
[2023-09-12] Accepted mutt 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-12] Accepted mutt 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-12] mutt 2.2.12-0.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-09-10] Accepted mutt 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-10] Accepted mutt 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2023-09-10] Accepted mutt 2.2.12-0.1 (source) into unstable (Sebastian Andrzej Siewior)
[2022-12-09] Accepted mutt 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2022-11-19] mutt 2.2.9-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-13] Accepted mutt 2.2.9-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2022-09-11] mutt 2.2.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-09-05] Accepted mutt 2.2.7-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2022-08-06] Accepted mutt 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u6 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2022-07-14] mutt 2.2.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-07-09] Accepted mutt 2.2.6-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2022-05-14] Accepted mutt 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2022-05-14] mutt 2.2.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-05-10] Accepted mutt 1.7.2-1+deb9u6 (source) into oldoldstable (Utkarsh Gupta)
[2022-05-08] Accepted mutt 2.2.4-1 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)
[2022-05-02] mutt 2.2.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-27] Accepted mutt 2.2.3-2 (source) into unstable (Antonio Radici)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 76 77
RC: 0
I&N: 32
M&W: 42 43
F&P: 2
patch: 7 8

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