CVE-2025-2885 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-2885

Root metadata version not validated in tough

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tough
Vulnerable Versions:
0.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 27th, 2025
Last Modified: October 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1288

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.