I found this bug too. Even after 3 years. Here's a solution: All variables passed to CUSTOM_SUBJECT need to be escaped with a backslash: CUSTOM_SUBJECT="[apticron] \$SYSTEM \$NUM_PACKAGES \$DISTRIB_ID package update(s)"
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