Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-2885

Amazon Tough ≤ 0.20.0

Published
27 March 2025
Modified
14 October 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 5.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0031 23th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-2885 is a medium-severity Improper Validation of Consistency within Input (CWE-1288) vulnerability in Amazon Tough. Its CVSS base score is 5.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 23th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

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upgrade to tough version 0.20.0 or later and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

CWE(s)
CWE-1288

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-2888Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2025-2886Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2025-2887Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2026-6968Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2026-6966Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2026-6967Same product: Amazon Tough
CVE-2026-7423Same vendor: Amazon
CVE-2026-7424Same vendor: Amazon
CVE-2024-8305Shared CWE-1288
CVE-2024-31136Shared CWE-1288

Affected Assets

amazon
tough
≤ 0.20.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V2.2.2
  • V4.2.3
  • V12.3.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

SI-10 requires validity checks on supplied inputs, directly stopping acceptance of internally inconsistent complex data.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require consistency validation for complex inputs.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect consistency flaws but does not prevent them at design time.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle requires input validation and consistency checks that directly address CWE-1288.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include validation of complex inputs and cross-field consistency.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage robust input handling but do not specifically mandate consistency validation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require validation of interrelated input fields to prevent CWE-1288.

References