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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-41150 · published 19 October 2021

CVE-2021-41150: Amazon tough path traversal vulnerability

Amazon · Tough

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 31.1% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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 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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9c Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qr Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/commit/1809b9bd1106d78a51fbea3071aa97a3530bac9a PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-r56q-vv3c-6g9c Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-wjw6-2cqr-j4qr Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-41150), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.