What is CVE-2026-6968?

CVE-2026-6968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Tough, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-6968?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Amazon Tough

CVE-2026-6968

Incomplete path traversal fixes in awslabs/tough before tough-v0.22.0 allow remote authenticated users with delegated signing authority to write files outside intended output directories via absolute target names in copy_target/link_target…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Amazon Tough
Amazon Tuftool
Aws Tough — versions 0.22.0
Aws Tuftool — versions 0.15.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Release Notes, patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Release Notes, patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Product, patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Product, patch)
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6968?: CVE-2026-6968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Tough, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-6968?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.