CVE-2024-47534 Incorrect delegation lookups can make go-tuf download the wrong artifact

High 8.2 Published Updated

Incorrect delegation tracing in the go-tuf client allows attackers to serve malicious artifacts, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-47534?

CVE-2024-47534 is a high-severity vulnerability in theupdateframework go-tuf, published on 1 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

go-tuf is a Go implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). The go-tuf client inconsistently traces the delegations. For example, if targets delegate to "A", and to "B", and "B" delegates to "C", then the client should trace the delegations in the order "A" then "B" then "C" but it may incorrectly trace the delegations "B"->"C"->"A". This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47534?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 GoAll versions2.0.1
github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 GoAll versions2.0.1
github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 GoAll versions2.0.1

How do I fix CVE-2024-47534?

Upgrade github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 to 2.0.1 or later.

Is CVE-2024-47534 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47534 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4f8r-qqr9-fq8j, GO-2024-3166, MINI-22j8-q473-gp5r, MINI-26v7-crr5-3m3w, MINI-28cp-7jx5-h4pq, MINI-2cfr-m63r-xvxq and 64 more.

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