CVE-2025-2886Terminating targets role delegations are not respected in tough

Description

Missing validation of terminating delegation causes the client to continue searching the defined delegation list, even after searching a terminating delegation. This could cause the client to fetch a target from an incorrect source, altering the target contents. 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.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://github.com/awslabs/tough/security/advisories/GHSA-v4wr-j3w6-mxqc vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory
• https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-007/ vendor-advisoryVendor Advisory
• https://github.com/awslabs/tough/releases/tag/tough-v0.20.0 patch