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CVE-2020-15163

Invalid root may become trusted root in The Update Framework (TUF) PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Python TUF (The Update Framework) reference implementation before version 0.12 it will incorrectly trust a previously downloaded root metadata file which failed verification at download time. This allows an attacker who is able to serve multiple new versions of root metadata (i.e. by a person-in-the-middle attack) culminating in a version which has not been correctly signed to control the trust chain for future updates. This is fixed in version 0.12 and newer.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
theupdateframework / tufaffected < 0.12

CWE

CWE-863

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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