CVE-2026-6967

Missing Delegated Metadata Validation in awslabs/tough

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2026 at 07:41 PM UTC
Updated: October 20, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsToughTuftoolTough

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Missing expiration, hash, and length enforcement in delegated metadata validation in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allows remote authenticated users with delegated signing authority to bypass TUF specification integrity checks for delegated targets metadata and poison the local metadata cache, because load_delegations does not apply the same validation checks as the top-level targets metadata path. We recommend you upgrade to tough-v0.22.0 / tuftool-v0.15.0.

Affected

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

All versions0.9.0 ≤ v < 0.22.0
All versionsv < 0.15.0
90%
Vendor states this is fixed in 0.22.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0.15.0 (unaffected)

References (6)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

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-345

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