Description
Tough provides a set of Rust libraries and tools for using and generating the update framework (TUF) repositories. The tough library, prior to 0.12.0, does not properly sanitize delegated role names when caching a repository, or when loading a repository from the filesystem. When the repository is cached or loaded, files ending with the .json extension could be overwritten with role metadata anywhere on the system. A fix is available in version 0.12.0. No workarounds to this issue are known.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9a
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9c
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qr
Scores
CVSS v3
8.2
EPSS
0.0052
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
amazon/tough
< 0.12.0
crates.io/tough
0 - 0.12.0crates.io
Published
Oct 19, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026