Is CVE-2021-41149 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-41149 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-41149?

CVE-2021-41149 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-41149?

CVE-2021-41149 has an EPSS score of 1.08% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-41149?

Upgrade tough to 0.12.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-41149

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Tough provides a set of Rust libraries and tools for using and generating the update framework (TUF) repositories. The tough library, prior to 0.12.0, does not properly sanitize target names when caching a repository, or when saving specific targets to an output directory. When targets are cached or saved, files could be overwritten with arbitrary content anywhere on the system. A fix is available in version 0.12.0. No workarounds to this issue are known.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

toughNVD

Affected:< 0.12.0Fixed in:0.12.0CVE-2021-41149derived from NVD

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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

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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.