Bug exists for 2.33-3 [as in current "debian:testing" docker image]:
root@d6c1df8a7f2f:/# if test -x /usr/bin/head; then echo "/usr/bin/head is executable"; else echo "dead beef"; fi; dpkg-query -l libc6 dead beef Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii libc6:amd64 2.33-3 amd64 GNU C Library: Shared libraries