CVE-2020-6174
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
TUF (aka The Update Framework) through 0.12.1 has Improper Verification of a Cryptographic Signature.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | tuf | <0.12.2 | 0.12.2 |
References
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/security/advisories/GHSA-pwqf-9h7j-7mv8
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6174
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/pull/974
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/python-tuf/commit/2977188139d065ff3356c3cb4aec60c582b57e0e
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tuf/PYSEC-2020-147.yaml
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf
- https://github.com/theupdateframework/tuf/releases/tag/v0.12.2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwqf-9h7j-7mv8
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6174
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.