5.7

CVE-2025-2885: amazon tough

CVSS: 5.7v4.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-5vmp-m5v2-hx47
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 14-10-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2885 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) vulnerability in amazon tough. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.32% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Amazon1 product
Aws1 product
Crates.Io1 product
  • tough< 0.20.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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