Signature Threshold Bypass in awslabs/tough Delegated Roles
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cve-program · CVE-2026-6966
PublishedImproper verification of cryptographic signature uniqueness in delegated role validation in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the TUF signature threshold requirement by duplicating a valid signature, causing the client to accept forged delegated role metadata. We recommend you upgrade to tough-v0.22.0 / tuftool-v0.15.0.
- Source published
- 24 Apr 2026 19:38:24 UTC
- Source modified
- 20 Oct 2026 18:24:24 UTC
- Observed here
- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
- Source terms
- CVE Program Terms of Use
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CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 4.0 · 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
euvd · EUVD-2026-25627
PublishedImproper verification of cryptographic signature uniqueness in delegated role validation in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the TUF signature threshold requirement by duplicating a valid signature, causing the client to accept forged delegated role metadata. We recommend you upgrade to tough-v0.22.0 / tuftool-v0.15.0.
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datePublished: Apr 24, 2026, 7:38:24 PM
dateUpdated: Oct 20, 2026, 6:24:24 PM
- Source published
- Apr 24, 2026, 7:38:24 PM (timezone not stated)
- Source modified
- Oct 20, 2026, 6:24:24 PM (timezone not stated)
- Observed here
- 28 Oct 2026 08:46:53 UTC
- Source terms
- ENISA EUVD · source terms and attribution apply
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EUVD CVSS 4.0 · 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
nvd · CVE-2026-6966
PublishedImproper verification of cryptographic signature uniqueness in delegated role validation in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the TUF signature threshold requirement by duplicating a valid signature, causing the client to accept forged delegated role metadata. We recommend you upgrade to tough-v0.22.0 / tuftool-v0.15.0.
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Source analysis status: Modified
Weakness classifications: CWE-347
Original publisher date fields
published: 2026-04-24T20:16:28.883
lastModified: 2026-10-26T21:10:00.170
2 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:tough:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:amazon:tuftool:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
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- Source published
- 24 Apr 2026 20:16:28 UTC
- Source modified
- 26 Oct 2026 21:10:00 UTC
- Observed here
- 27 Oct 2026 15:46:40 UTC
- Source terms
- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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CVSS 4.0 · ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 · Secondary · 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/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
CVSS 3.1 · ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 · Secondary · 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
osv · GHSA-8m7c-8m39-rv4x
Published### Summary Improper verification of cryptographic signature uniqueness in delegated role validation in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the TUF signature threshold requirement by duplicating a valid signature, causing the client to accept forged delegated role metadata. ### Impact The tough library, prior to 0.22.0, does not properly verify the uniqueness of keys in the signatures provided to meet the threshold of cryptographic signatures in delegated targets. It allows actors with access to a valid signing key to create multiple valid signatures in order to circumvent TUF requiring a minimum threshold of unique keys before the metadata is considered valid. ### Patches This issue has been addressed in tough version 0.22.0 and tuftool version 0.15.0. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. ### Workarounds No workarounds to this issue are known. ### References * CVE-2026-6966 If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please contact [AWS/Amazon] Security via the [vulnerability reporting page](https://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting) or directly via email to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). Please do not create a public GitHub issue. ### Acknowledgement Amazon Web Services Labs would like to thank Emily Albini of Oxide Computer and Oleh Konko of 1seal for collaborating on this issue through the coordinated vulnerability disclosure process
- Source published
- 5 May 2026 18:46:09 UTC
- Source modified
- 10 Sep 2026 03:51:04 UTC
- Observed here
- 24 Oct 2026 13:19:54 UTC
- Source terms
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
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CVSS_V3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS_V4 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
Publisher rating · HIGH