CVE-2021-41150
lowpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.5–8.2
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9cImproper sanitization of delegated role names2021-10-19ghsa · osvUS
### Impact 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. AWS would like to thank https://github.com/jku for reporting this issue. ### Patches A fix is available in version 0.12.0. ### Workarounds No workarounds to this issue are known. ### References https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qr
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9acnnvd
- https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9ccnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qrcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41150cnnvd
- https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qrenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9aPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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