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CVE-2020-6173

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6173 describes an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability affecting The Update Framework (TUF) versions 0.7.2 through 0.12.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service due to resource exhaustion. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.7.2, <= 0.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:the_update_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tufFixed in: 0.12.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-2828-9vh6-9m6jmedium

Client Denial of Service on TUF

Aug 21, 2020

References

github.com / theupdateframework/tuf/commits/develop
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / theupdateframework/tuf/issues/973
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory