TI-2021-17988 Aliases CVE-2021-41149 GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485

Improper sanitization of target names in tough

LOW 38CWE-22Published 2021-10-19 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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 target names when caching a repository, or when saving specific targets to an output directory. When targets are cached or saved, files could be overwritten with arbitrary content anywhere on the system. A fix is available in version 0.12.0. No workarounds to this issue are known.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01113 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed tough (awslabs): 0.12.0tough (crates.io): 0.12.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
AWS	tough	before 0.12.0	0.12.0	Patch available	CNA
—	tough (crates.io)	before 0.12.0	0.12.0	Patch available	GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485

tough VendorAWS Affected before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available CNA
tough (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.12.0 Fixed in 0.12.0 Patch available GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:tough::::::rust::*	before 0.12.0	Vulnerable	AWS

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:tough:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.12.0 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

Fix · CNA tough (awslabs) Fixed in 0.12.0
Fix · GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485 tough (crates.io) Fixed in 0.12.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-41149
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9a

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/awslabs/tough

TI-2020-11868 Improper verification of signature threshold in tough CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2021-17989 Improper sanitization of delegated role names in tough CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-06100 Multiple Path Traversal Variants in awslabs/tough CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-06099 Missing Delegated Metadata Validation in awslabs/tough CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
TI-2026-06098 Signature Threshold Bypass in awslabs/tough Delegated Roles CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0
TI-2025-02523 Improper timestamp caching during snapshot rollback in tough CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7

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Sources

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