Medium severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-6968
Multiple Path Traversal Variants in awslabs/tough
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
tough · AWS
before 0.22.0 · source: vendor, NVD
TU
tuftool · AWS
before 0.15.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6968
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6968
Vendor Advisory
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-019-aws/
Product
https://crates.io/crates/tough/0.22.0
Product
https://crates.io/crates/tuftool/0.15.0
Release Notes
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/releases/tag/tough-v0.22.0
Release Notes
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/releases/tag/tuftool-v0.15.0
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-v57p-gppj-p9vg
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