CVE-2021-41149
Improper sanitization of target names
8.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
### Impact The tough library, prior to 0.12.0, does not properly sanitize target names when caching a repository, or when saving specific targets to an output directory. When targets are cached or saved, files could be overwritten with arbitrary content anywhere on the system. AWS would like to thank https://github.com/jku for reporting this issue. ### Patches A fix is available in version 0.12.0. ### Workarounds No workarounds to this issue are known.
How to fix CVE-2021-41149
To remediate CVE-2021-41149, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.12.0 or later
Is CVE-2021-41149 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.12.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |