{"id":"CVE-2020-6174","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-6174","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:26:39.378Z","title":"TUF (aka The Update Framework) through 0.12.1 has Improper Verification of a Cryptographic Signature.","description":"TUF (aka The Update Framework) through 0.12.1 has Improper Verification of a Cryptographic Signature.","published":"2020-02-05T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:22:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-347"],"affected":["linuxfoundation/the update framework"],"epss":{"score":0.00987,"percentile":0.62268,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/pull/974","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/pull/974","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6174","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}