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CVE-2020-6174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6174 is a critical cryptographic signature verification vulnerability affecting The Update Framework (TUF) up to version 0.12.1. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-pwqf-9h7j-7mv8critical

Incorrect threshold signature computation in TUF

Aug 21, 2020

References

github.com / theupdateframework/tuf/pull/974
PatchThird Party Advisory