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general

source: vtk9 (main)
version: 9.6.2+dfsg1-2
maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Anton Gladky [DMD] – Nico Schlömer [DMD] – Gert Wollny [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.4
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 9.0.1+dfsg1-8
oldstable: 9.1.0+really9.1.0+dfsg2-5+deb12u1
stable: 9.3.0+dfsg1-4
testing: 9.5.2+dfsg4-5
unstable: 9.6.2+dfsg1-2
exp: 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp5

versioned links

9.0.1+dfsg1-8: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
9.1.0+really9.1.0+dfsg2-5+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
9.3.0+dfsg1-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
9.5.2+dfsg4-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
9.6.2+dfsg1-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libvtk9-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libvtk9-java
libvtk9-qt-dev
libvtk9.6
libvtk9.6-qt
python3-vtk9 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vtk9 (3 bugs: 0, 3, 0, 0)
vtk9-doc
vtk9-examples

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 9.7.0.rc1 high

A new upstream version 9.7.0.rc1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-02-06 Last update: 2026-07-17 06:32

lintian reports 5 errors and 12 warnings high

Lintian reports 5 errors and 12 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-07-15 00:17

4 security issues in sid high

There are 4 open security issues in sid.

4 important issues:

CVE-2025-57106: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability occurs in the BufferDataExtractionWorker template function when processing GLTF accessor data.
CVE-2025-57107: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.
CVE-2025-57108: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.
CVE-2025-57109: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.

Created: 2025-10-30 Last update: 2026-07-14 18:31

4 security issues in forky high

There are 4 open security issues in forky.

4 important issues:

CVE-2025-57106: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability occurs in the BufferDataExtractionWorker template function when processing GLTF accessor data.
CVE-2025-57107: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.
CVE-2025-57108: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.
CVE-2025-57109: Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.

Created: 2025-10-30 Last update: 2026-07-14 18:31

The VCS repository is not up to date, push the missing commits. high

vcswatch reports that the current version of the package is not in its VCS.
Either you need to push your commits and/or your tags, or the information about the package's VCS are out of date. A common cause of the latter issue when using the Git VCS is not specifying the correct branch when the packaging is not in the default one (remote HEAD branch), which is usually "master" but can be modified in salsa.debian.org in the project's general settings with the "Default Branch" field). Alternatively the Vcs-Git field in debian/control can contain a "-b <branch-name>" suffix to indicate what branch is used for the Debian packaging.

Created: 2026-06-22 Last update: 2026-07-14 15:18

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-07-16 Last update: 2026-07-17 09:30

debian/patches: 15 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 15 debian patches available in version 9.6.2+dfsg1-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

15 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: 2026-07-14 21:01

4 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 4 open security issues in trixie.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-57106: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability occurs in the BufferDataExtractionWorker template function when processing GLTF accessor data.
CVE-2025-57107: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.
CVE-2025-57108: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.
CVE-2025-57109: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.

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

Created: 2025-10-30 Last update: 2026-07-14 18:31

5 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 5 open security issues in bookworm.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-57106: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability occurs in the BufferDataExtractionWorker template function when processing GLTF accessor data.
CVE-2025-57107: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.
CVE-2025-57108: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.
CVE-2025-57109: (needs triaging) Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.

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

1 ignored issue:

CVE-2021-42521: There is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in VTK before 9.2.5, and it lies in IO/Infovis/vtkXMLTreeReader.cxx. The vendor didn't check the return value of libxml2 API 'xmlDocGetRootElement', and try to dereference it. It is unsafe as the return value can be NULL and that NULL pointer dereference may crash the application.

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2026-07-14 18:31

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-vtk9. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as auto-upperlimit-libvtk9-dev. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-hdf5 transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
excuses:
- Migration status for vtk9 (9.5.2+dfsg4-5 to 9.6.2+dfsg1-2): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python-pyvista/0.48.4-4: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Failed (not a regression) ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for vtk-dicom/0.8.17-2: amd64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), armhf: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), loong64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), ppc64el: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), s390x: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for vtk9/9.6.2+dfsg1-2: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, loong64: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on riscv64
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on riscv64: missing arch:riscv64 build
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on riscv64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 3 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/v/vtk9.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-07-14] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-07-01] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp5 (source) into experimental (Drew Parsons)
[2026-06-26] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp4 (source) into experimental (Drew Parsons)
[2026-06-25] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp3 (source) into experimental (Drew Parsons)
[2026-06-23] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp2 (source) into experimental (Drew Parsons)
[2026-06-22] Accepted vtk9 9.6.2+dfsg1-1exp1 (source amd64 all) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Drew Parsons)
[2026-05-30] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-26] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-5 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-05-23] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-05-08] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-4 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-03-27] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-16] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-3 (source) into unstable (Anton Gladky)
[2026-03-10] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-2 (source) into unstable (Anton Gladky)
[2026-03-09] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-03] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg4-1 (source) into unstable (Francesco Ballarin)
[2026-02-26] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-21] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-8 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-02-21] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-15] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-7 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-02-13] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-05] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-6 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-02-05] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-5 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-02-05] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-28] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-4 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-01-28] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-3 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-01-28] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-2 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2026-01-27] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg3-1 (source) into unstable (Drew Parsons)
[2025-10-31] vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-27] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg2-4 (source) into unstable (Dominique Belhachemi)
[2025-10-24] Accepted vtk9 9.5.2+dfsg2-3 (source) into unstable (Dominique Belhachemi)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 11 12
RC: 0
I&N: 7
M&W: 4 5
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 9.5.2+dfsg4-3ubuntu1
patches for 9.5.2+dfsg4-3ubuntu1