CVE-2020-15093

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-15093?

Upgrade tough to 0.7.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-15093 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-15093 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-15093?

CVE-2020-15093 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-15093 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for tough (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The tough library (Rust/crates.io) prior to version 0.7.1 does not properly verify the threshold of cryptographic signatures. It allows an attacker to duplicate a valid signature in order to circumvent TUF requiring a minimum threshold of unique signatures before the metadata is considered valid. A fix is available in version 0.7.1. CVE-2020-6174 is assigned to the same vulnerability in the TUF reference implementation.

CWE-347

How to fix

Remediation Available

toughNVD

Affected:< 0.7.1Fixed in:0.7.1CVE-2020-15093derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2018-16042	Medium	6.5	82%	-	-
CVE-2025-25292	Critical	9.8	65%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-59718	Critical	9.8	63%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22160	Critical	9.8	53%	-	Fix
CVE-2013-3900	Medium	5.5	45%	KEV	-
CVE-2018-0114	High	7.5	43%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-15093?

Upgrade tough to 0.7.1 or later.

Is CVE-2020-15093 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-15093 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 69% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-15093?

CVE-2020-15093 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-15093 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for tough (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.