diff --git a/napalm_linux/linux.py b/napalm_linux/linux.py
index 941e1ee..f12e5fd 100644
--- a/napalm_linux/linux.py
+++ b/napalm_linux/linux.py
@@ -835,11 +835,13 @@ class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
     def _get_packages_apt(self) -> list[PackageDict]:
         out = self._send(
             "dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\\t${Version}\\t${Installed-Size}"
-            "\\t${source:Package}\\t${binary:Summary}\\n' 2>/dev/null"
+            "\\t${source:Package}\\t${source:Version}\\t${binary:Summary}\\n' 2>/dev/null"
         )
         packages: list[PackageDict] = []
         for line in out.splitlines():
-            parts = line.split("\t", 4)
+            # Summary stays last and keeps whatever it contains: maxsplit must
+            # equal the number of tabs the format writes, not the field count.
+            parts = line.split("\t", 5)
             if len(parts) < 2:
                 continue
             name = parts[0].strip()
@@ -847,7 +849,21 @@ class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
             size = int(parts[2].strip()) * 1024 if len(parts) > 2 and parts[2].strip().isdigit() else 0
             # Debian source package (e.g. openssh-server → openssh) for OSV matching.
             source_package = parts[3].strip() if len(parts) > 3 and parts[3].strip() else name
-            description = parts[4].strip() if len(parts) > 4 else ""
+            # And its version, which is a different number from this package's.
+            #
+            # OSV states Debian ranges in *source* versions. A source package
+            # that ships several binaries gives each its own upstream version:
+            # libldb2 is 2:2.11.0+samba4.22.11+dfsg-… while its source, samba,
+            # is 2:4.22.11+dfsg-…. A consumer matching on source_package and
+            # comparing `version` compares two unrelated numbers — dpkg reads
+            # ldb's 2.11.0 as older than the 2:4.17.4+dfsg-1 that fixed
+            # CVE-2022-44640, and a host five releases past the fix was reported
+            # vulnerable on four packages at once.
+            #
+            # dpkg leaves this empty when it equals `Version`; so does an older
+            # dpkg that does not know the field at all.
+            source_version = parts[4].strip() if len(parts) > 4 and parts[4].strip() else version
+            description = parts[5].strip() if len(parts) > 5 else ""
             packages.append({
                 "name": name,
                 "version": version,
@@ -856,6 +872,7 @@ class LinuxDriver(OSDriver):
                 "size": size,
                 "source": "apt",
                 "source_package": source_package,
+                "source_version": source_version,
             })
         return packages
 
diff --git a/tests/test_linux.py b/tests/test_linux.py
index c3f58f6..edbf7d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_linux.py
+++ b/tests/test_linux.py
@@ -153,9 +153,22 @@ def test_parse_uptime_invalid(driver):
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+#: What `dpkg-query` actually returns for the format this driver asks for.
+#:
+#: The previous fixture carried four fields against a format string asking for
+#: five, so `source_package` was silently receiving the description and no
+#: assertion noticed. A fixture simpler than the data cannot fail the way the
+#: data does.
 APT_PKG_OUTPUT = (
-    "openssh-server\t1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2\t512\tsecure shell server\n"
-    "curl\t7.88.1-10+deb12u5\t1024\tcommand line tool for transferring data\n"
+    "openssh-server\t1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2\t512\topenssh\t1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2"
+    "\tsecure shell server\n"
+    "curl\t7.88.1-10+deb12u5\t1024\tcurl\t7.88.1-10+deb12u5"
+    "\tcommand line tool for transferring data\n"
+    # The shape that matters: a binary package whose own upstream version has
+    # nothing to do with its source package's. ldb 2.11.0 is built from samba
+    # 4.22.11, and OSV states Debian ranges in source versions.
+    "libldb2\t2:2.11.0+samba4.22.11+dfsg-0+deb13u1\t2048\tsamba"
+    "\t2:4.22.11+dfsg-0+deb13u1\tLDB shared library\n"
 )
 
 
@@ -163,11 +176,45 @@ def test_get_packages_apt(driver):
     driver._pkg_manager = "apt"
     with patch.object(driver, "_send", return_value=APT_PKG_OUTPUT):
         pkgs = driver.get_packages()
-    assert len(pkgs) == 2
+    assert len(pkgs) == 3
     assert pkgs[0]["name"] == "openssh-server"
     assert pkgs[0]["version"] == "1:9.2p1-2+deb12u2"
     assert pkgs[0]["installed"] is True
     assert pkgs[0]["source"] == "apt"
+    assert pkgs[0]["description"] == "secure shell server"
+
+
+def test_get_packages_apt_keeps_the_source_package_and_its_version(driver):
+    """OSV states Debian ranges in *source* package versions.
+
+    A consumer that matches on the source package and then compares the binary
+    package's version is comparing two unrelated numbers. On a Debian 13 host
+    that reported four Samba libraries as vulnerable to CVE-2022-44640 while
+    running samba 4.22.11 — five releases past the fix — because dpkg reads
+    ldb's own `2.11.0` as older than samba's `2:4.17.4+dfsg-1`.
+
+    The driver cannot fix the comparison, but it is the only place that can
+    supply the number to compare.
+    """
+    driver._pkg_manager = "apt"
+    with patch.object(driver, "_send", return_value=APT_PKG_OUTPUT):
+        pkgs = {p["name"]: p for p in driver.get_packages()}
+
+    assert pkgs["libldb2"]["source_package"] == "samba"
+    assert pkgs["libldb2"]["source_version"] == "2:4.22.11+dfsg-0+deb13u1"
+    assert pkgs["libldb2"]["version"] == "2:2.11.0+samba4.22.11+dfsg-0+deb13u1"
+    assert pkgs["libldb2"]["description"] == "LDB shared library"
+
+
+def test_get_packages_apt_falls_back_when_dpkg_gives_no_source(driver):
+    """`source:Package` is empty for a package whose source name equals its own.
+    Older dpkg builds leave `source:Version` empty in that case too."""
+    driver._pkg_manager = "apt"
+    with patch.object(driver, "_send", return_value="curl\t7.88.1-10\t1024\t\t\ttool\n"):
+        (pkg,) = driver.get_packages()
+
+    assert pkg["source_package"] == "curl"
+    assert pkg["source_version"] == "7.88.1-10"
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------