CVE-2021-41087

Improperly Implemented path matching for in-toto-golang

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2021 at 09:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIn Toto Golang

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

in-toto-golang is a go implementation of the in-toto framework to protect software supply chain integrity. In affected versions authenticated attackers posing as functionaries (i.e., within a trusted set of users for a layout) are able to create attestations that may bypass DISALLOW rules in the same layout. An attacker with access to trusted private keys, may issue an attestation that contains a disallowed artifact by including path traversal semantics (e.g., foo vs dir/../foo). Exploiting this vulnerability is dependent on the specific policy applied. The problem has been fixed in version 0.3.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.3.0
Affected range stops below 0.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-345CWE-22

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