VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2026-6968

HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.53%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Incomplete path traversal fixes in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allow remote authenticated users with delegated signing authority to write files outside intended output directories via absolute target names in copy_target/link_target, symlinked parent directories in save_target, or symlinked metadata filenames in SignedRole::write, because write paths trust the joined destination path without post-resolution containment verification. We recommend you upgrade to tough-v0.22.0 / tuftool-v0.15.0.

CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.53% probability · 45th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: amazon/tough · amazon/tuftool
Source: ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-019-aws/Vendor Advisory
https://crates.io/crates/tough/0.22.0Product
https://crates.io/crates/tuftool/0.15.0Product
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/releases/tag/tough-v0.22.0Release Notes
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/releases/tag/tuftool-v0.15.0Release Notes
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-v57p-gppj-p9vgVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.