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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.5

CVE-2025-2885 json

Root metadata version not validated in tough

published 2025-03-27 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5vmp-m5v2-hx47 , EUVD-2025-8666

cvss
4.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Missing validation of the root metatdata version number could allow an actor to supply an arbitrary version number to the client instead of the intended version in the root metadata file, altering the version fetched by the client. Users should upgrade to tough version 0.20.0 or later and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io tough 0.20.0
  • AWS tough 0.20.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io tough
<0.20.0
0.20.0

Affected products

  • AWS tough

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1288 Improper Validation of Consistency within Input

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.