CVE-2020-15163 (GCVE-0-2020-15163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-09-09 17:30
Modified
2024-08-04 13:08
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
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.
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