Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-41149

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.
Published 2021-10-19 18:15:08
Updated 2021-10-25 15:00:08
Source GitHub, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal

Products affected by CVE-2021-41149

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-41149

EPSS FAQ
0.63%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 68 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-41149

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
8.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
8.0
9.2
 NIST
8.1
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.2
 NIST
8.2
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
1.8
5.8
 GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-41149

  • The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-41149

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