CVE-2021-41149

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
awslabs	tough	< 0.12.0

References

https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9aPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9aPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-x3r5-q6mj-m485Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 19, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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