CVE-2024-47534
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
go-tuf is a Go implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). The go-tuf client inconsistently traces the delegations. For example, if targets delegate to "A", and to "B", and "B" delegates to "C", then the client should trace the delegations in the order "A" then "B" then "C" but it may incorrectly trace the delegations "B"->"C"->"A". This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.1.
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A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 15.5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 15.6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241104T154416-5.1.noarch as component of SUSE Package Hub 12suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–8.2
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affected products (2)
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- Go github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2< 2.0.1osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2
advisories (5)
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- SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1Security update for govulncheck-vulndb2024-11-05csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
- openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1Security update for govulncheck-vulndb2024-11-05csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
- GHSA-4f8r-qqr9-fq8jIncorrect delegation lookups can make go-tuf download the wrong artifact2024-10-01ghsa · osvUS
During the ongoing work on the TUF conformance test suite, we have come across a test that reveals what we believe is a bug in go-tuf with security implications. The bug exists in go-tuf delegation tracing and could result in downloading the wrong artifact. We have come across this issue in the test in this PR: https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf-conformance/pull/115. The test - `test_graph_traversal` - sets up a repository with a series of delegations, invokes the clients `refresh()` and then checks the order in which the client traced the delegations. The test shows that the go-tuf client inconsistently traces the delegations in a wrong way. For example, [during one CI run](https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf-conformance/pull/115#issuecomment-2275625542), the `two-level-delegations` test case triggered a wrong order. The delegations in this look as such: ```python "two-level-delegations": DelegationsTestCase( delegations=[ DelegationTester("targets", "A"), DelegationTester("targets", "B"), DelegationTester("B", "C"), ], visited_order=["A", "B", "C"], ), ``` Here, `targets` delegate to `"A"`, and to `"B"`, and `"B"` delegates to `"C"`. The client should trace the delegations in the order `"A"` then `"B"` then `"C"` but in this particular CI run, go-tuf traced the delegations `"B"->"C"->"A"`. In a subsequent CI run, this test case did not fail, but [another one did](https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf-conformance/pull/115#issuecomment-2275640487). @jku has done a bit of debugging and believes that the returned map of `GetRolesForTarget` returns a map that causes this behavior: https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/blob/f95222bdd22d2ac4e5b8ed6fe912b645e213c3b5/metadata/metadata.go#L565-L580 We believe that this map should be an ordered list instead of a map.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
- GO-2024-3166Incorrect delegation lookups can make go-tuf download the wrong artifact in github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf2024-10-09vendor · osvUS
Incorrect delegation lookups can make go-tuf download the wrong artifact in github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf
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references (17)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-47534cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-47534/cnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/blob/f95222bdd22d2ac4e5b8ed6fe912b645e213c3b5/metadata/metadata.go#L565-L580cnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/commit/f36420caba9edbfdfd64f95a9554c0836d9cf819cnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/releases/tag/v2.0.1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8r-qqr9-fq8jcnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf-conformance/pull/115cnnvd
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/blob/f95222bdd22d2ac4e5b8ed6fe912b645e213c3b5/metadata/metadata.go#L565-L580enisa_euvd
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